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Historical Event on 4/4/2000
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 8/21/1972 | A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction. |
| 4/16/1959 | Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning. |
| 9/29/1981 | Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore. |
| 11/16/1998 | Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda. |
| 12/7/1979 | First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay. |
| 5/16/1926 | Manik Varma, famous singer, was born. |
| 8/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
| 7/14/1946 | India grants Siam a 20 year, 3 mil. credit to increase export of Siamese rice. |
| 9/1/1908 | Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore. |
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