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Historical Event on 2/4/1974

Satyendra Nath Bose, a noted mathematician, professor and physicist, passed away at Calcutta. He contributed greatly to statictical mechanics, the electromagnetic properties of ionosphere, the therories of X-ray crystallography and thermoluminescence, and unified field theory. Bose instituted ""Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quana"" in 1924.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1962Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).
6/24/1991Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
1/10/1959Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi.
6/21/1999Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.