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Historical Event on 4/6/1956

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987).

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7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
2/18/1931Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
10/31/199426 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.