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Historical Event on 5/4/1923

Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
1/6/1987Jaidev, famous music director, passed away.
3/3/1983Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi.
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the 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 the future constitution.
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
7/12/1993West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).