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Historical Event on 3/4/1925

Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
12/3/1948Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born.
12/11/1783Peshwa Raghobadada, who ruled upto Atak, passed away.
8/14/1947Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
12/3/1884Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
5/29/1658Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
5/14/2000L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.