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Historical Event on 9/4/1962
Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/28/2000 | India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion. |
| 9/27/1856 | Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language. |
| 6/6/1998 | All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region. |
| 1/8/1973 | Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died. |
| 11/20/1967 | First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. |
| 7/22/1998 | 24-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. |
| 12/24/1998 | A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists. |
| 12/25/1879 | Sadhu T.L. Vaswani (1879-1966), altruistic Sindhi poet and servant of God, who found several Hindu missions in India and seven Mira Educational Institutions in his lifetime, was born. |
| 4/13/1948 | Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa. |
| 5/21/1973 | Mohan Kumarmangalam, Central Minister, passed away in an air crash near Delhi. |
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