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Historical Event on 1/4/1940
Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1932 | Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born. |
| 7/29/1997 | Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74. |
| 4/15/1950 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'. |
| 1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
| 8/19/1977 | Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake. |
| 6/22/1959 | Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away. |
| 5/12/1992 | Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 7/22/1959 | Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government. |
| 12/4/1888 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, was born. |
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