This Day in History on 4 September
The historical events hold a lot of value for aspirants who are sitting for UPSC competitive exams including the IAS Exam.
On this page, we will list all historical events that occurred on 4 September. The students can refer to them while preparing for all competitive exams and banking exams.
Important Days
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Important Events
1886: American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888: Gandhi left for England for his Bar-at-Law.
1967: 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200.
1979: Sunil Gavaskar scores his third double century in Test cricket (221) to guide India to a famous draw against England in the 4th Test at The Oval.
2014: Monsoon rains begin and cause flooding over a sustained period that kills over 400 people in India & Pakistan.
Birth/Birth Anniversary
1825: Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress. He was a Liberal Party member of Parliament.
1890: Bhupendranath Datta was an Indian revolutionary and later a noted sociologist and anthropologist.
1909: Braj Kumar Nehru was an Indian diplomat and Ambassador of India to the United States.
1923: Ram Kishore Shukla was an Indian politician and an activist for Indian independence.
1924: S. K. Ramachandra Rao was an Indian author, Sanskrit scholar and professor of psychology.
1952: Rishi Kapoor was an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood.
1941: Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra.
1945: Mohan Joshi, Indian film, television and theater actor.
1948: Anant Nag, Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema.
1948: Parbatbhai Patel, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Banaskantha constituency in Gujarat for its 16th Lok Sabha.
1957: Krishan Pal Gurjar, present Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in Government of India.
1962: Kiran More, Indian former cricketer and wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team.
1964:Aadesh Shrivastava was a music composer and singer of Indian music.
1972: Delnaaz Irani, Indian actress.
1975: Vetri Maaran, Indian film director, screenwriter, and film producer who works in the Tamil film industry.
1989: Ragini Nandwani, Indian film and television actress.
1990: Aparnaa Bajpai, an Indian film actress who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films.
Death/ Death Anniversary
1987: Roop Kanwar was a Rajput woman who was burned alive at Deorala village of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India.
1997: Dharamvir Bharati was a renowned Hindi poet, playwright and a social thinker of India.
2000: Mukri was an Indian film actor who worked as a comedian in Hindi films.
2012: Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (b. 1930)
2012: Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
2015: Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (b. 1927)