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Historical Event on 4/9/1984

Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1992R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
11/12/1896Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, explorer, ecologist, teacher, writer and bird watcher, was born.
11/17/1928Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
8/30/1990Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill.
8/10/1930In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in Guntur, the magistrate prohibits wearing of Gandhi caps within a five-mile radius of the town.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
4/22/1992IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance.