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Historical Event on 4/2/1948

Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
6/17/1973Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
1/23/1814Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born.
4/7/2000The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.
5/11/1930Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
4/26/1992Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away.
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.