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Historical Event on 04/05/1581

Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1926Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born.
8/29/1926Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini.
8/6/1933Kripal Singh Govindsingh, Amritsar, India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959, was born at Madras.
11/16/1915Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
12/20/2000The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund.
7/26/2000The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC.
7/3/1975Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away.
7/8/1985Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.
9/17/1997Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW.