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Historical Event on 1/4/1924

Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1998India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
9/15/1999Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.
4/15/1901Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
6/6/1903A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
7/1/1938Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.