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Historical Event on 7/4/1897
Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1968 | Olympic Games open in Mexico City. |
| 8/21/2000 | Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee. |
| 1/26/1993 | Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest. |
| 5/26/1993 | The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June. |
| 11/22/1997 | Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles. |
| 4/6/1966 | Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone). |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 1/27/1948 | Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair. |
| 9/19/1911 | Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP. |
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