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Historical Event on 5/4/1849
Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi. |
| 12/1/1931 | The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution. |
| 6/5/1966 | Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent. |
| 5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
| 5/14/1993 | Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill. |
| 8/16/2000 | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure. |
| 2/17/1994 | Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years. |
| 3/21/1934 | Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
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