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Historical Event on 5/4/1832
Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
| 2/12/1890 | Shastri A. R. Krishna was born. |
| 1/6/1989 | Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died. |
| 10/6/1954 | Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country. |
| 3/17/1967 | 4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 7/15/1903 | Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/15/1969 | Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa. |
| 11/21/1985 | Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away. |
| 1/15/1971 | Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
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