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Historical Event on 2/4/1948
Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/17/1928 | Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and |
| 3/20/1970 | Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj. |
| 2/23/1998 | Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar. |
| 5/21/1975 | The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation. |
| 3/29/1992 | Shri Anand Rishiji Maharaj 1008 , Acharya Samrat of 'Jain Shraman Sangh', passed away. |
| 9/20/1992 | Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away. |
| 6/22/1993 | Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit. |
| 2/3/1998 | The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code. |
| 12/20/1929 | The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi. |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
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