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Historical Event on 5/4/1993

Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1997BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
12/3/1882Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal.
11/13/1953Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi.
1/25/1980Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
9/4/1927World fliers reach Karachi, India.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
8/7/1982Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.