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Historical Event on 5/4/1957

Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
11/15/1999The no-confidence motion moved against Om Prakash Chautala by the opposition failed in Haryana.
8/4/1967World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
4/16/1992The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.