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Historical Event on 7/4/1986

Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
7/24/1837Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed.
1/6/1932Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born.
8/22/2000Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
6/13/1931Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
1/15/1956Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
3/3/1847Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.