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Historical Event on 4/3/1984
Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1921 | Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta. |
| 2/19/1986 | Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station. |
| 6/2/1955 | A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak. |
| 3/29/1914 | Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh. |
| 1/20/1988 | Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 8/9/1892 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948. |
| 6/9/1964 | Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 8/13/1997 | The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it. |
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