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Historical Event on 1/4/1889

Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
2/21/1829Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
9/15/1992Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.
1/28/1900General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).
1/21/1997Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
2/16/1896Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.