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Historical Event on 4/4/1947

San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1992Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
7/5/1882Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music.
2/8/1881Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born.
8/3/1993Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission.
5/21/1930A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.