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This Day in History on 4 June
The historical events hold a lot of value for aspirants who are sitting for UPSC competitive exams including that of the IAS Exam.On this page, we will list all historical events that have occurred on 4 June. The students can refer them while preparing for all competitive exams and banking exams.
Important Days:
- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International)
- National Unity Day (Hungary)
- Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day (International)
Important Events:
- 1903: Gandhiji established the weekly journal “”Indian Opinion”” organised at Phoenix farm near Dur
- 1972: First Environment Day.
- 1926: Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
- 1941: National Seva Dal was established.
- 1947: Hindi daily ‘Nai Duniya’ started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- 1953: University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
- 1955: Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
- 1958: The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.
- 1959: Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party along with Ranga.
Birthday / Anniversary:
- 1936: Nutan, film actress, was born.
- 1902: Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
- 1912: Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala.
- 1904: Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992)
Death / Death Anniversary:
- 1932: Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
1947: Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit ofBuddhism, passed away.