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Historical Event on 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).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1785 | Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India. |
| 9/30/1908 | Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 10/19/1929 | Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
| 10/15/1946 | Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India. |
| 1/28/1877 | Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away. |
| 4/16/1918 | Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born. |
| 12/21/1999 | The Manisana Wage Board for Journalists and Non-Journalists of Newspapers presents tentative proposals to the Government. |
| 4/9/1893 | Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh. |
| 3/1/1640 | Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras. |
| 5/17/1996 | Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side. |
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