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Historical Event on 4/3/1994

S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
1/17/1908Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
8/19/1934Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India.
4/8/1973India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots.
11/15/1995Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations.
7/15/1955Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
6/22/1991M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.