Today in Indian history
4-June-1902
Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
4-June-1903
Gandhiji established the weekly journal "Indian Opinion" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
4-June-1912
Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala.
4-June-1926
Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
4-June-1932
Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
4-June-1936
Nutan, film actress, was born.
4-June-1941
National Seva Dal was established.
4-June-1947
Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
4-June-1947
Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away.
4-June-1953
University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
4-June-1955
Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
4-June-1958
The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.
4-June-1959
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga.
4-June-1972
First Environment Day.
4-June-1986
Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.
4-June-1987
A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
4-June-1989
Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
4-June-1992
Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
4-June-1993
L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
4-June-1993
The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.
4-June-1994
Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
4-June-1997
Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.
4-June-1997
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana.
4-June-1997
Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.
4-June-1997
Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.
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