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1776, 4th July: Representatives of 13 states of America signed the Declaration of Independence of this country in the city of Philadelphia.
1789, 4th July: Agreement made between British East India Company, Peshwa of Pune, and Nizam of Hyderabad to attack Tipu Sultan territory.
1903, 4th July: Dorothy Levitt became the first English woman to compete in a motor race.
1946, 4th July: The Philippines gained independence from the United States.
1997, 4th July: NASA’s Pathfinder landed on Mars.
1999, 4th July: Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill.
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on July 4
1790: Sir George Everest, a British surveyor, and geographer.
1897: Alluri Seeta Rama Raju, an Indian revolutionary.
1897: Nanak Singh, an Indian poet, songwriter, and novelist of the Punjabi language.
1898: Gulzarilal Nanda, former Prime Minister of India.
1916: Naseem Banu, an Indian film actress.
1933: Konijeti Rosaiah, an Indian politician.
1959: Neena Gupta, an Indian actress, and television director.
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on July 4
1826: John Adams, the second president of the United States.
1831: James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.
1902: Swami Vivekananda, an Indian Hindu monk.
1934: Marie Curie, a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, and chemist.
1963: Pingali Venkayya, an Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based.
2020: Bhakti Charu Swami, a spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
What happened in India on 04 July
4-July-1729
Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died.
4-July-1760
Meeran, Mir Jaffer’s son, accidently died on the banks of Ganga near Patna due to lightning.
4-July-1789
British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu’s territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three.
4-July-1897
Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan).
4-July-1897
Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement.
4-July-1899
Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat .
4-July-1900
Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born.
4-July-1902
Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
4-July-1912
Pandit Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, singer of ‘Jaypur Gharana’, was born.
4-July-1914
Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.
4-July-1922
Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950’s), was born in Hyderabad.
4-July-1933
Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment.
4-July-1985
Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
4-July-1986
Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.
4-July-1989
Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
4-July-1989
Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
4-July-1991
Fourth test of missile ‘Prithvi’.
4-July-1992
Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
4-July-1994
Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died.
4-July-1995
Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
4-July-1997
Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996.
4-July-1997
Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls.
4-July-1999
Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
4-July-1999
S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women’s `A’ chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.
4-July-1999
The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak.
4-July-2000
The trial of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case begins.
4-July-2000
Volvo’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”.