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Historical Event on 4/1/1839

Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1899Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.
12/25/1972Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.
6/29/1757Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
6/4/1986Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.