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Historical Event on 7/4/2000

Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1857First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry.
5/20/1994K. Brahmananda Reddy, 83, former Andhra Pradesh CM, passed away in Hyderabad.
3/9/1961Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
9/28/1940Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".
2/16/1932Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.