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Historical Event on 7/4/2000

Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
7/9/1873Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra.
2/18/1905Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
8/17/199220 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.