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Historical Event on 7/4/1995
Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1990 | Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years. |
| 9/8/2000 | Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries. |
| 8/7/1947 | BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika. |
| 10/31/1843 | Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born. |
| 12/24/1984 | Eigth General Elections of India began . |
| 2/19/1996 | Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states. |
| 7/7/1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established. |
| 5/28/1989 | Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India. |
| 1/28/1902 | Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise. |
| 8/29/1923 | Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born. |
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