4 JUN HISTORY TODAY

Today in Indian History
Events for June 4

4-June-1902	Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
4-June-1903	Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Dur
4-June-1912	Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala.
4-June-1926	Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
4-June-1932	Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
4-June-1936	Nutan, film actress, was born.
4-June-1941	National Seva Dal was established.
4-June-1947	Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
4-June-1947	Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away.
4-June-1953	University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
4-June-1955	Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
4-June-1958	The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.
4-June-1959	Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga.
4-June-1972	First Environment Day.
4-June-1986	Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.
4-June-1987	A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
4-June-1989	Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
4-June-1992	Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
4-June-1993	L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
4-June-1993	The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.
4-June-1994	Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
4-June-1997	Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.
4-June-1997	Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana.
4-June-1997	Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.
4-June-1997	Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.