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Historical Event on 4/3/1700
Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/10/1995 | Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 3/15/1983 | Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born. |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 4/13/1971 | Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. |
| 9/1/1908 | Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore. |
| 8/3/1947 | Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi. |
| 11/27/1935 | Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi |
| 8/7/1985 | Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia. |
| 4/15/1980 | Six more private sector banks nationalized. |
| 4/16/1976 | The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth. |
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