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Historical Event on 9/4/1825

Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
2/3/1995The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
5/23/1996In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
11/29/1959Govind Sakharam Serdesai, Jagirdar Raobahadur, passed away.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
3/11/1993Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor.
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.
7/13/1916Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born.
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.