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Historical Event on 5/4/1960

Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
3/17/1959Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
3/17/1959Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born.
3/3/1990JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
6/29/199324 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.