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Historical Event on 4/5/1848

Satara kingdom came to end.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1994ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
5/19/1956The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.
11/7/1996Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh.
12/12/1992Government asks CBI to probe the demolition of the masjid in Ayodhya.
11/18/1901V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.