Today in Indian History
Events for February 4

4-February-1318	Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.
4-February-1628	Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
4-February-1757	Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta.
4-February-1909	Narayan Dattatreya Sane, two test cricket umpire 1959-60, left-hand opening batsman and fast bowler, was born at Vidarbha.
4-February-1910	New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
4-February-1924	Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay.
4-February-1924	Kocheril Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and now president of India, was born.
4-February-1934	Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Bo
4-February-1938	Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was b
4-February-1944	Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma.
4-February-1946	Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal Jatiya was born in Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh).
4-February-1948	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948.
4-February-1948	Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
4-February-1953	Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.
4-February-1973	India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Natio
4-February-1974	Satyendra Nath Bose, a noted mathematician, professor and physicist, passed away at Calcutta. He contributed greatly to statictical mechanics, the electromagnetic properties of ionosphere, the therories of X-ray crystallography and thermoluminescence, and unified field theory. Bose instituted ""Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quana"" in 1
4-February-1976	Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
4-February-1990	Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
4-February-1991	An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
4-February-1992	National Renewal Fund for industries set up.
4-February-1993	D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away.
4-February-1994	India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.