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Historical Event on 5/4/1960
Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1909 | Morappakam Joysam Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34), was born in Maduranthakam, Madras. |
| 4/27/1986 | Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years. |
| 4/16/1996 | Narasimha Rao, PM, visits Kerala (2 days). |
| 2/10/1944 | Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma. |
| 2/10/1944 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
| 2/2/1982 | Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also. |
| 3/5/1997 | Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka. |
| 8/10/1982 | Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated. |
| 6/3/1924 | Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur). |
| 6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
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