Historical Events on September 4

Historical Event

September 4, 2024

4 September, 1665

Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

4 September, 1791

During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was forced to approve France’s first constitution, which made him a mere civil servant.

4 September, 1825

Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word ‘Swaraj’.

4 September, 1881

The best light factory in America opened in New York today. The Edison Electric light company’s new “central power station” in Pearl Street generated enough electricity to light up 7000 of Thomas A. Edison‘s new incandescent lamps.

4 September, 1870

Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew, Emperor Napoleon III, was disposed and the Third Republic was declared in France.

4 September, 1888

Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.

4 September, 1888

George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

4 September, 1909

Lord Baden Powell arranged the first Rally of Scouts which was held at Crystal Palace in London.

4 September, 1921

British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras.

4 September, 1923

Shenandoah, the first rigid airship to be built in the United States, was launched.

4 September, 1927

World fliers reach Karachi, India.

4 September, 1929

N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.

4 September, 1946

Interim Government formed.

4 September, 1947

Gandhiji breaks fast.

4 September, 1951

The first live transcontinental television broadcast took place in San Francisco.

4 September, 1952

India returns Peking’s famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.

4 September, 1957

The Ford motor company introduced the Edsel.

4 September, 1966

Australian Jack Brabham won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza today, winning the World Championship and setting a new record at the age of 40. He is the first world champion to win in a car he built himself.

4 September, 1967

6.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.

4 September, 1972

Mark Spitz Became the first person to win seven medals in a single Olympic Game.

4 September, 1979

India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429.

4 September, 1980

Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.

4 September, 1983

INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.

4 September, 1984

Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985.

4 September, 1987

Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband’s funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.

4 September, 1990

An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.

4 September, 1990

Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.

4 September, 1993

Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like ‘My Lord’, ‘Your Lordship’ and replace them with ‘Sir’, ‘Your Honour,’ etc.

4 September, 1993

New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.

4 September, 1996

Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).

4 September, 1996

Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.

4 September, 1997

Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.

4 September, 1998

Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing.

4 September, 1998

Two students from Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Founded Google.

4 September, 2000

316 people killed in clash between Sri Lankan army and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on the outer borders of northern Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

4 September, 2013

Raghuram Rajan became the 23rd Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 4

4 September, 1221

Chakradhar Swami, Indian saint, and founder of Mahanubhav Panth.

4 September, 1825

Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian politician. He was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. He was the first Indian to be a British MP.

4 September, 1848

Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor. He was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the light bulb and the telephone.

4 September, 1862

Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born.

4 September, 1880

Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born.

4 September, 1895

Siyaramsharan Gupt was born.

4 September, 1901

William Lyons, British Engineer. Known as “Mr. Jaguar”. He was a co-founder of the Jaguar car.

4 September, 1917

Henry Ford II, American entrepreneur, and industrialist. He was the eldest son of Edsel Ford and the eldest grandson of Henry Ford. He was president of the Ford Motor Company from 1945 to 1960, chief executive officer (CEO) from 1945 to 1979, and chairman of the board of directors from 1960 to 1980.

4 September, 1927

John McCarthy, an American computer scientist. McCarthy was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence.

4 September, 1941

Sushil Kumar Shinde, Indian politician. He was the Minister of Home Affairs in Man Mohan Singh’s Government and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

4 September, 1948

Anant Nag, Indian Karnataka Actor. He won six film fare awards and five Karnataka state film awards.

4 September, 1952

Rishi Kapoor, Indian film Actor.

4 September, 1962

Kiran More, Former Indian cricketer. Former Chairman of the selection committee of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India)

4 September, 1975

Vetrimaaran, Indian film director. Winner of four National Award and one Film fare Award.