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Historical Event on 4/4/1942

Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
8/1/1993Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995.
5/6/1993Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
5/24/1990K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
8/17/1985Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.