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Historical Event on 4/4/1990

MI-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35, thus becoming a dedicated Attack Helicopter unit of the IAF.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
1/1/1877Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
11/19/1991Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away.
1/3/1919Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.
8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
2/9/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.