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Historical Event on 4/2/1877

Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar.

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8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
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12/13/1994Vishwanath Annappa Tatyasaheb Kore, Padmashri awardee, passed away.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
12/10/1996Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries.
2/13/1984Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, inaugurated the first manufacturing work of Indian Submarines at Mazgaon Dock, Bombay.
6/26/1975Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government.