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Historical Event on 3/4/1996

Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1951Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away.
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
5/9/1997Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
9/24/1932Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"".
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
7/6/1995Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants.