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Historical Event on 2/4/1974
Satyendra Nath Bose, a noted mathematician, professor and physicist, passed away at Calcutta. He contributed greatly to statictical mechanics, the electromagnetic properties of ionosphere, the therories of X-ray crystallography and thermoluminescence, and unified field theory. Bose instituted ""Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quana"" in 1924.
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| 2/15/1901 | Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 6/26/1991 | Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born. |
| 5/6/1775 | Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested. |
| 7/1/1930 | Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/31/2000 | The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state. |
| 5/1/1999 | India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final. |
| 12/12/1958 | Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur. |
| 6/6/1982 | Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 5/19/1956 | The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi. |
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