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Historical Event on 4/5/1848
Satara kingdom came to end.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1971 | Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation. |
| 7/20/1916 | Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai. |
| 4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
| 3/18/1938 | Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963). |
| 2/26/1996 | Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM. |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
| 2/3/1928 | Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival. |
| 2/19/2000 | 18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai. |
| 7/1/1997 | Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta. |
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