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Historical Event on 5/4/1957

Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1991An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91).
11/21/1991The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
12/20/2000The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund.
12/22/1986India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
4/1/1976Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.