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Historical Event on 3/4/1924

Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1948Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).
10/14/1884Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
11/24/1926Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.
3/31/1935374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.