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Historical Event on 2/4/1910

New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
4/3/1956Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
6/11/1983Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
4/2/1997Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
11/13/1998Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
5/15/2000Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.