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Historical Event on 4/1/1855
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/6/1976 | Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 2/11/1906 | Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore. |
| 8/25/1994 | Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52. |
| 7/31/1938 | Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born. |
| 10/15/1996 | Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 3/10/1995 | Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died. |
| 11/25/1990 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. |
| 3/30/1990 | Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha. |
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