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Historical Event on 2/4/1948
Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/28/1918 | Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. |
| 2/10/1902 | Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.). |
| 1/15/2000 | Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan. |
| 12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
| 3/14/1883 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London. |
| 10/20/1999 | The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts. |
| 1/6/1976 | Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 1/6/1976 | Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"". |
| 1/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
| 10/18/1993 | Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died. |
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