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Historical Event on 6/4/1953

University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1967Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of Women's University, Karnataka, founded to pay gratitude to Rani Chainema of Kitur.
3/18/1938Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
7/8/1958Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi.
4/16/1966Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
10/30/1883Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.