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Historical Event on 5/4/1849
Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/1/1909 | Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 7/18/1857 | The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established. |
| 8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
| 8/19/1757 | The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company. |
| 6/10/1955 | Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born. |
| 6/10/1955 | Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj. |
| 4/9/1984 | Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record. |
| 2/14/1891 | Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam. |
| 12/15/1992 | BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed. |
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