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Historical Event on 7/4/1900

Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.
4/4/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
1/1/1983This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"".
1/14/1761The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony.
12/21/1911Central Bank of India established.
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.
7/6/1992R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam.