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Historical Event on 4/4/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
4/21/1990The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched.
10/10/1896Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam.
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
8/5/1975The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament.
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
1/29/1931Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
2/19/1922Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab.
3/31/1926Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away.