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Historical Event on 4/2/1997

Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1923Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
6/24/1991The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP.
6/12/1996India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).
1/24/1921T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.