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Historical Event on 4/2/1679

Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
9/22/1999Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur.
10/13/1989Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.
7/15/1904Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
6/27/1966D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
12/22/1877Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
4/23/1938Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, ascends the throne of Delhi and displaced the Alam Shah of Syed dynasty.