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Historical Event on 4/5/1919
India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 12/28/1952 | Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi. |
| 12/29/1968 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died. |
| 3/3/1978 | Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started. |
| 3/17/1988 | First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space. |
| 7/31/1933 | Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial. |
| 7/28/1924 | Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
| 1/20/1997 | Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum. |
| 1/30/1911 | Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born. |
| 2/17/1976 | New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India. |
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