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Historical Event on 12/4/1973

Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
4/19/1975First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.
4/20/1888246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India.
5/15/1729Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
4/6/1955Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
12/10/1886Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore.