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Historical Event on 4/6/1955

Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1994Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
3/9/1650Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
8/30/1908Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.