What Happened Today in History?
Find out what happened on 4th April in History.
There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 4th April.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Parveen Babi – Parveen Babi, an Indian actress, appeared in 60 feature films in Bollywood and was mostly remembered for her glamorous roles during the movies in 70s and 80s. She was born on 4 April 1949 in Junagadh, Gujarat.
- Makhan Lal Chaturvedi – Makhanlal Chaturvedi was also known as pandit Ji in the literary circle. He was an Indian poet, writer, journalist and a freedom fighter. He is predominantly remembered for his immense contribution to “Chhayavad”, the literary Movement in Hindi literature. For his contributions, he was awarded the first Sahitya Academy Award in 1955 and “Padma Bhushan” in 1963. Pandit ji was born in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh on 4 April 1889.
- Kundan Lal Saigal – Kundan Lal Saigal, aka K L Sehgal, could be described as the first superstar of Bollywood. Born in Jammu in 1904, Sehgal was a budding singer, and this encouraged him to move to Calcutta and hone his talent. He started singing at the “New theatres” which was a Calcutta based film studio. KL Saigal moved to Mumbai in 1941 where he acted and did playback singing in numerous Bollywood movies.
Death anniversaries on 4th April:
- Manilal Gandhi – Manilal Mohandas Gandhi was the second son of Mahatma Gandhi. He was born in Rajkot in 1892. He travelled to South Africa in 1897 and worked at Phoenix ashram near Durban for some time. He later worked in “Indian opinion” a Gujarati-English weekly publication. In 1920, he was promoted as the editor of the publication.
Notable Events:
- 4 April 1944: The Battle of Kohima started.
- An earthquake occurred in Kangra valley on this very day in 1905.
- 1459-05-12 Sun City in India founded by Rao Jodhpur
- 1311-04-24 General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
- 1329-08-09 Quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop
- 1575-03-03 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi
- 1565-01-25 Battle at Talikota India: Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagar’s army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India
- 1668-03-26 England takes control of Bombay, India
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