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Historical Event on 4/10/1995

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1998Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
11/1/1956Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
10/11/1941Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.