INDIA - FESTIVALS
HAPPY
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April 04 (04-05), 2017 |
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ANANDA MOHAN CHAKRABARTY |
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April 04 - Birthday |
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BAPU NADKARNI |
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April 04 - Birthday |
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DALAI LAMA |
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April 04, 2017: The Assam Rifles
felicitated its retired jawan, Naren Chandra Das (76), who had escorted
the Dalai Lama during his escape from Tibet in 1959. Das is the only
surviving jawan among the 8 Assam Rifles men who had escorted the
Tibetan spiritual leader. |
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DISASTERS - EARTHQUAKE
Himachal Pradesh - Kangra Valley |
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April 04, 1905: An earthquake hit the
Kangra valley in Himachal Pradesh killed about 20,000 and destroyed most
buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala. The earthquake measured
7.8 on the surface wave magnitude scale. |
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GEETHA JOHRI |
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April 04, 2017: She
became the first woman IPS officer to be appointed as the
police chief of Gujarat. She replaced P.P. Pandey, s
relieved as Gujarat DGP on April 03, 2017, following Supreme
Court's observations. |
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GURU GOBIND SINGH JI |
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April 04, 1684: At age 17, he married Mata
Sundari. |
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INDIA - DEMOGRAPHY
TRANSGENDERS |
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April 04, 2017: A new era
for the transgenders started on this day, when
K.
Prithika Yashini joined the Tamil Nadu police force
after completing her one-year training, thereby becoming the
first transgender person to become a police officer in
India. |
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INDIA - TAXATION
Goods and Services tax (GST) |
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April 06, 2017: The Rajya Sabha passed four
supplementary legislations which will enable the government to rollout
the landmark Goods and Services Tax Bill on July 01, 2017. The four
Bills are the Central Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017, the Integrated
Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017, the Goods and Services Tax
(Compensation to States) Bill, 2017 and the Union Territory Goods and
Services Tax Bill, 2017. |
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INDIAN NAVY - INS CHAKRA |
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April 04, 2012: The submarine was leased to
the Indian Navy in 2011 after extensive trials, and was formally
commissioned into service as INS Chakra II at a ceremony in
Visakhapatnam on this day. |
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INDIA - SPACE PROGRAMME
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System - IRNSS |
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April 04,
2014: IRNSS-1A was launched. |
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INDIA - TOURISM
Religious Tourism |
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April 04, 2017: The Aastha
Tourist Special Train, which is taking travellers to
pilgrimage sites in North India, departed from Puri on this
day. The train is travelling to destinations including
Mathura, Vrindavan, Agra, Haridwar, Amritsar and Vaishnodevi
over a period of 10 nights till April 14. |
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K. PRITHIKA YASHINI |
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April 04, 2017: She joined the Tamil Nadu
police force after completing her one-year training, thereby becoming
the first transgender person to become a police officer in India. |
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KISHORI AMONKAR |
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April 04 - Death Anniversary |
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LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI |
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April 04, 1961: He became the
Minister of Home Affairs. |
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MAKHANLAL CHATURVEDI |
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April 04 - Birth Anniversary |
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MANPREET KAUR |
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April 24, 2017: She
clinched a gold in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix
Athletics Meet. Her performance here turned out to be a
world leading throw. |
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PANAMA PAPERS LEAK |
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April 04, 2016: Panama Papers Leak - PM
orders inquiry: Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a
multi-agency probe team on the global Panama Papers expose which names
500 Indians for alleged offshore holdings and vowed to take action
against all unlawful accounts held abroad. |
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PARVEEN BABI |
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April 04 - Birth Anniversary |
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PRASHANT BHUSHAN |
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April 04, 2017: He apologised for hurting
Hindu sentiments by referring to Lord Krishna as an eve-teaser in his
criticism of the newly instituted 'anti-Romeo squads' in Uttar Pradesh. |
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RAKHI SAWANT |
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April 04, 2017: She was arrested by the
Punjab police in Mumbai for allegedly making objectionable remarks
against sage Valmiki, the writer of ancient Indian epic 'Ramayana'. |
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RAMAKRISHNA RANGA RAO |
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April 04, 1936: He retired as the Chief
Minister of Madras Presidency. |
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Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'AGYEYA' |
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April-04 - Death Anniversary |
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VIRAT KOHLI |
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April 04, 2014: Man of the Match
in T20I against South Africa. |
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