Today Importance - 4th November
4-November-1656
Mohammad Adil Shah passed away.
4-November-1845
Vasudev, the great revolutionary, social reformer and father of armed freedom struggle, was born in Balwant Phad in Shirdhon village of Raigarh district.
4-November-1889
Industrialist, social reformer and freedom fighter Jamnalal Bajaj was born in Kashi-ka-Bas village near Jaipur.
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4-November-1915
Sir Firoz Shah Mehta, also known as the "Lion of Bombay", died in Bombay. He was the founder of the English newspaper "Bombay Chronicle" and was knighted in 1904. He was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Bombay University in 1910 and was the founder of the Central Bank of India.
4-November-1925
Famous film producer and actor Ritwik Kumar Ghatak was born.
4-November-1930
Ranjit Roy Chowdhury, educationist, was born in Patna, Bihar.
4-November-1931
On this day, Mahatma Gandhi, wearing his loincloth and house shawl, visited Buckingham Palace and met the Emperor of India. When Gandhiji was crossing the drawing room to welcome King George V and Queen Mary, his sandals fell on the floor.
4-November-1936
Great mathematician Shankutala Devi was born. Then he beat the computer to calculate the mental prime.
4-November-1947
India and Pakistan accuse each other of violating their neutrality pact in the Kashmir dispute as Indian troops have invaded the state.
4-November-1948
To complement the Tiger Moth, Prentice basic trainers were handed over to the RIAF by 1948, eventually entering service at Jodhpur, Tambaram and Ambala, but it was the arrival of the three Vampire FS that really took off as far as the service was concerned , marked an era. Mk.3 jet fighter in India on 4 November 1948.
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4-November-1951
Vijay Merchant scored 154 runs against England in his last Test cricket innings.
4-November-1954
Establishment of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling.
4-November-1970
Pandit Shambhu Maharaj, the great Kathak dance guru and king of India, has passed away.
4-November-1971
148 Indians and rebels were killed while trying to capture the Akhibaba border post in Pakistan.
4-November-1974
Famous Bengali film and stage artist Ahindra Chaudhary passed away.
4-November-1982
Pakistan General Zia-ul-Haq visited New Delhi. Agreement on forming a joint commission.
4-November-1988
Lok Dal split, HN Bahuguna was expelled and Devi Lal replaced him.
4-November-1988
The merchant ship was spotted by a maritime reconnaissance aircraft in the morning, while IN ships Godavari and Betwa went to the spot to intercept the rebels.
4-November-1997
Kerala's largest railway overbridge opened in Ambalapuzha.
4-November-1997
Standing just one meter above the ground, Guddi, the world's smallest woman, gave birth to her fourth child.
4-November-1997
UNESCO nominated 8 scientists for five science awards for 1997 for their contributions. Professor Dorairajan Balasubramanian (58), director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, has been selected as the winner of the Kalinga Prize for popularizing science.
4-November-1998
Viswanathan Anand won the 3rd Fontis Chess Tournament in Tilburg. Paramjeet Singh broke Milkha Singh's 38-year-old 400m record at the National Open Athletic Championship in Kolkata.