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Events for January 4

4-January-1881	Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.
4-January-1889	Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born.
4-January-1892	J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born.
4-January-1906	Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
4-January-1907	Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away.
4-January-1909	Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
4-January-1914	Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born.
4-January-1924	Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born.
4-January-1931	Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, great orator, eminent journalist, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, died at London during the first Round Table Conference. He was closely associated to Mahatma Gandhi and took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement.
4-January-1932	Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more
4-January-1937	R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut.
4-January-1940	Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
4-January-1948	Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination.
4-January-1954	Judge Mehr Chand Mahajan became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 22/12/1954.
4-January-1958	Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
4-January-1964	The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
4-January-1966	Indo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan.
4-January-1967	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft.
4-January-1972	Pakistan proposed to talk after the war.
4-January-1992	The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
4-January-1993	K. Margabandhu, former UCO Bank chief, was arrested on charges of amassing wealth beyond his means.
4-January-1994	Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56.
4-January-1995	IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties.
4-January-1998	V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made.
4-January-1999	Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.