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Historical Event on 4/4/1938

A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
8/28/1993President's rule in J&K extended for another six months.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
11/30/1909Ramesh Chandra died.
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
5/9/1866Gopal Krishna Gokhale, freedom fighter and political leader, was born in Kotluk village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.
2/20/1846Duleep Singh was recognised as the ruler. British captured Lahore.
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).