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Historical Event on 4/4/1997
World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/23/1824 | Rani Chainema fight with the Britishers at a 'killa' (fort) in Kitur. |
| 12/20/1850 | Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 12/20/1999 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT. |
| 7/25/1987 | Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President. |
| 11/10/2000 | R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi. |
| 10/21/1762 | Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born. |
| 8/10/1979 | Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit. |
| 3/4/1996 | King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit. |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
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