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Historical Event on 4/9/1954
India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1886 | Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 12/21/1994 | The IAF return from peace keeping duties as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations in Somalia. |
| 9/24/1921 | Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born. |
| 12/23/1900 | Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born. |
| 2/18/1911 | Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born. |
| 10/26/1995 | India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan. |
| 12/31/1902 | Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born. |
| 11/23/1991 | India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics. |
| 12/25/1997 | India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance. |
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