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Historical Event on 4/5/1614
Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1999 | Haider Noorani, BJP candidate for the Anantang Lok Sabha seat, killed in bomb blast. |
| 2/2/1970 | Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 10/2/1997 | At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC. |
| 7/4/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment. |
| 9/2/1946 | Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 9/9/1872 | Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 8/29/1975 | Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away. |
| 2/12/1996 | President S.D. Sharma in Kerala. |
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