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Historical Event on 4/2/1933
Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
| 10/1/1978 | In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females. |
| 7/18/1987 | Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership. |
| 9/3/1992 | Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court. |
| 8/26/1949 | Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed. |
| 2/18/1906 | Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, chief of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born. |
| 2/10/1999 | P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 6/2/1990 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91). |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
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