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Historical Event on 4/2/1970

Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
10/29/1999L .K. Advani, Home Minister, says the Centre is in touch with cyclone-hit states.
3/2/1986Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away.
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
6/5/1996Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.