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Historical Event on 4/5/1950
Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/20/1987 | Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay. |
| 5/2/1996 | Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983. |
| 5/10/1982 | Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being. |
| 6/17/1994 | Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 4/5/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
| 6/17/2000 | Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi. |
| 12/6/1987 | MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force. |
| 2/3/1954 | Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi. |
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