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Historical Event on 4/1/1920
S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1980 | Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final. |
| 8/15/1985 | Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off. |
| 10/24/1991 | Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
| 8/15/1996 | Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day. |
| 7/22/1998 | 24-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. |
| 10/18/1995 | Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died. |
| 2/9/1993 | Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%. |
| 1/7/1928 | Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar. |
| 2/22/1946 | Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day. |
| 2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
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