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Historical Event on 4/6/1966

Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1981Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres.
12/7/1989Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
1/28/1950Supreme Court of India was inaugurated.
11/13/1917Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
3/28/2000Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.
12/16/1994Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office.
3/1/1997India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.