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Historical Event on 5/4/1957
Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1999 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"". |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
| 8/8/1949 | India concludes a treaty with Bhutan. |
| 11/24/1988 | Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member. |
| 6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
| 2/10/1982 | K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away. |
| 11/18/1772 | Madhav Rao Peshwa (the 4th peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayanrao succeeded him. |
| 9/7/1988 | President's rule in Mizoram. |
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