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Historical Event on 4/4/1991

Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1998India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries.
11/29/1988Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support.
4/2/1902Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.
10/12/1976Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
3/10/193917 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India.
6/17/1965Motilal, famous actor, died.
1/16/1945Kabir Bedi, famous Hindi and foreign actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), was born.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
10/29/1991Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, ""My determination now is to prevent any Moor entering Goa, to leave a sufficient force of men and ships in the place, then with another fleet visit the Red sea and Ormu