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Historical Event on 4/1/1973

India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1995Kanshi Ram (Bahujan Samaj Party) withdraws support to the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led government in UP and stakes claim to form a new government.
10/30/1996ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
7/14/1997Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
7/4/1997Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls.
4/12/1752Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
11/11/1924Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
10/29/1935Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born.
7/4/1729Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died.