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Historical Event on 4/2/1991
Asom Gana Parishad splits.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/16/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home. |
12/15/1803 | East India Company captured Orrisa state. |
8/29/1923 | Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur. |
8/15/1997 | IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran. |
4/6/1897 | Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws. |
8/2/1919 | Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born. |
11/25/1990 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. |
4/6/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement. |
4/6/1930 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
4/6/1664 | Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese. |
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