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Historical Event on 4/1/1989

Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
8/15/1947On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
3/1/1905Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.
7/23/1906Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader, was born at Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh.
2/12/1998Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai.
5/14/1976Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
2/26/1887Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950.
6/1/1930First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune.