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Historical Event on 4/4/1947

San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1994Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
2/4/1924Kocheril Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and now president of India, was born.
2/8/1989Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
11/23/1993'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
10/22/1997Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.