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Historical Event on 4/2/1902

Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/23/2000Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
3/16/1877Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous poet, Gujarati litterateur and Headmaster, was born.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
6/5/1929S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
9/16/1916D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
8/1/1964Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969.