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Historical Event on 10/4/1996

Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against PVN Rao and three others in the St. Kitts forgery case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
7/19/1974Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.
10/25/1990Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died.
6/30/1966Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
1/1/1949A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated.