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Historical Event on 4/1/1920

S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1789British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three.
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
5/9/1997At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
7/1/1975Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.