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Historical Event on 4/5/1990
Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 4/28/1974 | Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away. |
| 2/1/1985 | Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test. |
| 7/24/1932 | Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born. |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
| 5/12/1995 | India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form. |
| 12/20/2000 | The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 4/10/1955 | India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel. |
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