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Historical Event on 4/5/1979

First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
3/31/1995Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
8/5/1909Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
3/17/1982President's rule in Kerala.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.