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Historical Event on 4/5/1919

India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
7/1/1955S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957.
7/15/1993JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC.
6/20/1957Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.
2/10/1803Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born.
2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.
6/24/1928Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
8/10/1948Atomic Energy Commission established.
9/16/1916D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.