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Historical Event on 1/4/1906

Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
2/5/1981Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75.
6/11/1991Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls.
5/16/1996Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.
6/22/1940Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders.
2/12/1996Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
3/27/199021 people die as a bus accidentally touched a high voltage wire in Karagpur India.