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Historical Event on 1/4/1906
Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1988 | A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89). |
| 4/6/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement. |
| 2/25/1992 | Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares. |
| 12/12/1971 | Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died. |
| 4/5/1984 | Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union. |
| 3/3/1989 | Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant. |
| 3/1/1917 | J. F. Maden gave a preview of the first Bengali fiction film ""Satyawadi Raja Harischandra"". |
| 4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
| 7/20/1993 | Chander Mohan, son of Haryana CM Bhajanlal, wins the by-elections in the Kalka assembly constitutency by a margin of 61,800 votes. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born. |
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