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Historical Event on 4/1/1941

Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
7/29/1748Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry.
5/30/1915Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi.
5/13/1998World Bank cancels India donors meet.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
8/16/1997Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
9/12/1912T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.