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Historical Event on 1/4/1994
Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1888 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born. |
| 4/2/1991 | Asom Gana Parishad splits. |
| 8/3/1970 | Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary. |
| 5/13/1918 | Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born. |
| 10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 1/7/1900 | Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP. |
| 3/8/1941 | Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away. |
| 9/20/1932 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables. |
| 7/6/1787 | Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land. |
| 5/5/1993 | Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs. |
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