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Historical Event on 4/4/1942
Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/11/1902 | Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time. |
| 9/9/2000 | Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship. |
| 7/5/1882 | Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music. |
| 2/10/1999 | P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi. |
| 7/18/1980 | Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died. |
| 7/22/1991 | New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament. |
| 1/28/1900 | General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg). |
| 4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
| 10/9/1968 | Olympic Games open in Mexico City. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
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