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Historical Event on 4/5/1987
The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/2/1961 | Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex. |
| 8/10/1998 | Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta. |
| 9/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'. |
| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
| 1/24/1997 | Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively. |
| 11/28/1967 | Pandurang Mahadev Bapat ""Senapati Bapat"", revolutionary and social reformer, passed away at the age of 89. He led the famous ""Mulshi Satyagraha"" and played a significant role in the struggle for Samyukta Maharashtra and took part in Goa liberation movement. |
| 5/1/1987 | The Bofors Deal. |
| 5/1/1987 | Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 4/14/1992 | The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati. |
| 8/4/1956 | Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay. |
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