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Historical Event on 4/4/1987

Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1967Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away.
4/1/1954French settlements in India pass under Indian control.
6/29/1997Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.
11/6/1913Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops.
10/12/1993The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
8/1/1920Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress.
6/5/1927Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab.
1/1/1934Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.