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Historical Event on 5/4/1957

Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
4/14/1891Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra.
4/2/1970Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
1/21/1963Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul.
2/11/1935Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.
2/4/1934Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.