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Historical Event on 5/4/1960

Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
1/1/1934Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.
10/30/1990Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'.
2/20/1976Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai.
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
1/30/1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.
4/10/1982Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.