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Historical Event on 5/4/1832

Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1998India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
10/30/1947The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
3/17/2000V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.
1/1/1924Krishna Mohan Jha, famous educationist, was born at Pokharia near Katihar (Purnea).
9/29/1997Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India.
3/8/1998Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
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.
11/25/1962Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away.