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Historical Event on 04/07/1506
Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/16/2000 | Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 3/3/1997 | Indian Socialist Party headed by Arangil Sridharan merges with Lok Sakthi. It was floated by Ramakrishna Hedge. |
| 10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
| 4/15/1980 | Six more private sector banks nationalized. |
| 12/24/1987 | Dr. M.G.Ramachandran, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, died. He was 70 yrs. He was posthumously awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' by the President of India. (17-1-90). |
| 7/15/1991 | The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained. |
| 7/1/1821 | Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published. |
| 10/22/1908 | John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India. |
| 3/8/1833 | Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 8/11/1908 | Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers. |
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