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Historical Event on 3/4/1990

Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
1/3/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
5/1/1960Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
11/7/1908N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.