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Historical Event on 1/4/1958

Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
6/26/1982First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
10/20/1969Punjabrao Agriculture University established.
6/17/1965Motilal, famous actor, died.
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.