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Historical Event on 9/4/1825
Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/12/1990 | Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles. |
| 7/28/1872 | Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born. |
| 9/28/1985 | The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87). |
| 10/15/1994 | SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV. |
| 8/15/1990 | GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday. |
| 2/28/1937 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit. |
| 6/1/1786 | Madras General Post Office started functioning. |
| 9/30/1989 | INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay. |
| 11/11/1996 | A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500. |
| 8/18/1991 | 12 LTTE militants commit suicide. |
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