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Historical Event on 9/4/1862

Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
3/9/1914Hansaraj Rahbar, the unfolder of prominent personalities and dynamic writer, was born.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
4/2/1953Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
9/13/1901Jamshedji Bomanji H. Wadia, director and producer, was born. His first film was 'Toofan Mail' (1932).
10/17/1817Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of modern India, was born in Delhi.