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Historical Event on 4/4/1971

Pakistan reports seizure of nine Indian army vehicles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1971Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
2/8/1948Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
1/2/2000Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.
8/21/2000Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
2/18/1925Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.