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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
11/25/1999Madras HC sets aside Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi's order rejecting the mercy petitions of four accused in Rajiv Gandhi case.
7/3/1751Pilaji Jadhav died.
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
7/8/199125 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
7/17/1976Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.