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Historical Event on 4/2/1870

Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.

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4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
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1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
8/21/1879Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
10/19/1983Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.