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Historical Event on 7/4/1900

Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
10/31/1875Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
1/25/1917Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
9/8/1990Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.