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Historical Event on 2/4/1974
Satyendra Nath Bose, a noted mathematician, professor and physicist, passed away at Calcutta. He contributed greatly to statictical mechanics, the electromagnetic properties of ionosphere, the therories of X-ray crystallography and thermoluminescence, and unified field theory. Bose instituted ""Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quana"" in 1924.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
| 11/8/1992 | Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award. |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 2/12/1997 | Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time. |
| 5/10/1985 | P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. |
| 6/21/1998 | India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/26/1996 | CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders. |
| 12/5/1999 | India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World. |
| 2/15/1924 | Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar. |
| 1/28/1996 | Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82. |
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