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Historical Event on 4/6/1980

Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.
2/17/1994Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
10/1/1990Constitution's 75th amendment bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months fails through the first stage in Lok Sabha for want of a simple majority.
8/15/1997K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.
9/18/1992Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court.
12/3/1948Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born.
1/7/1987Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.