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Historical Event on 1/4/1906

Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
12/12/1872Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
5/27/1906Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
4/16/1801Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated.
6/23/1942Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.