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Historical Event on 6/4/1932

Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1876Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born.
4/14/1914Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.
12/10/1932The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad
2/13/1879Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
9/29/1906Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.
1/25/1932Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born.