Check out below about Today in History India 4 March in Indian history or March 4 special day in India. Looking for information about today special day in India? If yes, check out below. On this Special day today 4 March in Indian history, falls the birthdays and death anniversaries of various well-known people of India. You would also find out about events that happened that make it to the list of today special day in India.
Today’s Historical Events on March 4
1791, 4th March: Vermont became the 14th state of the United States.
1837, 4th March: The city of Chicago was founded.
1861, 4th March: Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States.
1951, 4th March: The first Asian Games inaugurated by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad in New Delhi.
1961, 4th March: INS Vikrant entered the Indian Navy.
1980, 4th March: Robert Mugabe became Zimbabwe’s first black prime minister, winning a landslide victory.
2001, 4th March: The Ranjit Sagar Dam at Gurdaspur inaugurated by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
2009, 4th March: New version of the BrahMos missile test-fired from Pokhran, Rajasthan.
2019, 4th March: The Indian submarine spotted by the Pakistan Navy.
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 4
1394: Henry the Navigator, a Portuguese Explorer.
1678: Antonio Vivaldi, an Italian Baroque composer.
1856: Toru Dutt, a Bengali translator, and poet.
1921: Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’, an Indian writer of the Hindi literature.
1926: Richard DeVos Sr., an American billionaire businessman, co-founder of Amway.
1980: Rohan Bopanna, an Indian professional tennis player.
1986: Michel Krieger, a Brazilian-American entrepreneur, software engineer, and co-founder of Instagram.
Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 4
1852: Nikolai Gogol, a Russian novelist.
1925: Jyotirindranath Tagore, a playwright, a musician, an editor, and a painter.
1952: Sir Charles Sherrington, an English neurophysiologist.
1995: Iftekhar, an Indian actor.
2000: Geeta Mukherjee, an Indian politician and social worker.
2001: Vitthalrao Gadgil, a leader of the Indian National Congress.
2011: Arjun Singh, an Indian politician.