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Historical Event on 7/4/1897

Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.
10/31/1875Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
3/29/1869Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born.
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
11/1/1948An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.