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Historical Event on 4/1/1954

French settlements in India pass under Indian control.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1987Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum .
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
5/29/1973Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
6/5/1993Unlawful Activities (prevention) Tribunal headed by Justice P N Nagi upholds the ban on Islamic Sevak Sangh.
12/10/1993Kerala Congress(M) splits; Four MLAs, including Minister T.M.Jacob, expelled.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
5/7/1996Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born.
2/14/2000Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.