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Historical Event on 4/1/1902
Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
| 12/3/1971 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 8/26/1997 | Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K. |
| 1/4/1892 | J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born. |
| 8/27/1990 | The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections. |
| 3/4/1919 | Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born. |
| 2/6/1992 | The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry. |
| 4/12/1978 | After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition. |
| 1/19/1892 | Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born. |
| 3/30/1994 | Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community. |
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