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Historical Event on 3/4/1858

J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1922Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
2/11/1993Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.
8/9/1996Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
11/15/2000India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.