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Historical Event on 1/4/1889

Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1997Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.
6/21/1948C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
2/3/1760Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
6/19/1997Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.