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Historical Event on 5/4/1993
Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/21/1894 | Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, famous scientist, was born at Bhera, Punjab. |
| 1/26/1876 | Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
| 4/5/1979 | First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay. |
| 7/4/1995 | Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi. |
| 12/12/1955 | The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 5/30/1991 | Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away. |
| 6/1/1997 | Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
| 2/22/1997 | Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore. |
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