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Historical Event on 4/1/1920

S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.

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11/9/1904Panchanan Maheshwari was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers with different embryological studies. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchanani
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
4/15/1938Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar .
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10/1/1997Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
1/23/1814Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born.