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Historical Event on 6/4/1953

University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
7/15/1979Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader.
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.