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Historical Event on 4/6/1956
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support. |
| 3/4/2000 | Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980. |
| 4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
| 11/17/1986 | SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman. |
| 10/28/1888 | Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment. |
| 9/3/1984 | Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 2/2/1986 | Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India. |
| 8/5/1965 | M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born. |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 5/10/1905 | Pankaj Malik, music director, was born. |
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