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Historical Event on 7/4/1992

Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
12/14/1924Ranbir Raj Kapoor, famous film producer, director and actor, was born.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
2/12/1960Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
12/10/1878Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.