History News Desk!! History is something that is made every day, every passing day becomes history for some reason or the other. Any event that happened on that particular day is recorded forever in the pages of history, whether that event was good or bad. If we talk about January 4, then many small, big and good and bad historical events are also recorded in the name of this day. Some of these are such that can never be forgotten. Today we will tell you about some such historical events related to January 4.
Important events of 4th January
2020 – Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank inaugurated the New Delhi World Book Fair. This is the 28th edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair, its theme was ‘Gandhi: Writer’s Writer’. Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. 2010- On the orders of ‘Stock Exchange Board of India’, the opening time of stock markets in India was advanced one hour to 9 am. 2009- People’s Democratic Party broke ties with UPA. 2008 – In Gujarat, 18 new ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy in the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. The US banned the supply of military equipment and services to Sri Lanka. 2006 – Death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai. 2004 – Talks held in Islamabad between Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistani Prime Minister Jamali. 2002 – British Prime Minister Tony Blair reached India. 1999 – Departure of the American spacecraft ‘Mars Poser Lander Probe’ to analyze steam on Mars. 1998 – Bangladesh refused to hand over ULFA General Secretary Anup Chetia to India. 1990 – About 307 people were killed and twice as many were injured in the collision between two trains in Pakistan. 1972 – Inauguration of ‘Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science’ in New Delhi. 1966 – Beginning of India-Pakistan conference between Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan of Pakistan.
people born on 4th january
1993 – Apurvi Chandela – Indian female shooter. 1988- Nabila Jamshed – was an Indian writer. 1965 – Aditya Pancholi – a well-known actor of Hindi cinema. 1955 – Pratap Chandra Sarangi – Indian social worker and politician. 1952 – T.S. Thakur – 43rd Chief Justice of India. 1931- Nirupa Roy – was a famous Indian actress. 1929 – Ramamurthy Tripathi – was a scholar and critic of Hindi and Sanskrit. 1925 – Pradeep Kumar – was a famous actor of Hindi films. 1925 – Gopaldas Neeraj – Hindi litterateur, teacher and poetry reciter on the stages of poetry conferences and song writer for films. 1924 – Sebastian Kappen – was a religious thinker. 1916 – Niloufer (Princess) – was the last princess of the Ottoman royal dynasty of Türkiye. 1906 – Vishnu Damodar Chitale – was a famous communist, freedom fighter, nationalist and politician. 1892 – J.C. Kumarappa – was an Indian economist. 1889 – M. P. Shastri – was the former second Chief Justice of India. 1887 – Lochan Prasad Pandey – was a famous litterateur, who also composed poetry in both Hindi and Oriya languages. 1809 – Louis Braille – was the famous person who created ‘Braille script’ for the blind.
Died on January 4
2022 – Sindhutai Sapkal – was a Marathi social worker who worked for orphan children. 2017 – Abdul Haleem Jafar Khan – was a famous sitar player in the world of music. 2016 – S. H. Kapadia – was the 38th Chief Justice of India. 2009 – Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar – was an Indian National Congress politician. 1994 – Rahul Dev Burman (R. D. Burman) was a famous composer of Hindi films. 1993 – Navalpakkam Parthasarathy – Indian geneticist, was the Executive Secretary of the International Rice Commission and rice advisor to the Government of Thailand. 1991 – Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah – was the 12th Chief Justice of India. 1983 – Jhabarmall Sharma – was a veteran litterateur, journalist and historian of Rajasthan. 1967 – Ramchandra Krishna Prabhu – was a follower of Gandhiji and a famous journalist. 1931 – Mohammad Ali – was a famous freedom fighter, journalist and educationist of India. 1905 – Ayodhya Prasad Khatri – was a famous poet of Khadi Boli.
