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Historical Event on 2/4/1994

India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1877Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.
6/27/1839Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
12/11/1872Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
1/3/1923Madhukar Arnalkar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.