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Historical Event on 4/1/1920
S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 12/20/1850 | Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born. |
| 3/3/1919 | Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away. |
| 4/10/1996 | Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India. |
| 8/13/1956 | National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India. |
| 2/2/1967 | US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India. |
| 11/9/1962 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 11/15/1999 | Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 9/29/1988 | 1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces. |
| 4/1/1902 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay. |
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