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Historical Event on 10/4/1993

PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1926Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
1/1/1944Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.
12/13/2000Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.
2/11/1979Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
3/22/1915Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born.
6/25/1900Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
11/14/1955Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
5/10/1917Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore.