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Historical Event on 5/4/1932

Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1992S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died.
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
2/12/1993The baggage rules relaxed further.
6/1/1998Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
6/7/1631Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her.