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Historical Event on 2/4/1948

Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
3/5/1961Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
1/17/1992Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.