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Historical Event on 3/4/1858

J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
4/15/1901Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
11/3/1997American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity.
9/14/1992The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
7/1/1999Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA).
9/12/1962Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died.
4/23/1968Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.