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Historical Event on 4/5/1979
First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1942 | Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died. |
| 3/19/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
| 2/8/1967 | Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd. |
| 9/5/1979 | Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma. |
| 1/17/1888 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born. |
| 4/15/1976 | India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years. |
| 1/15/1919 | Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai. |
| 11/22/1928 | British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties. |
| 12/11/1780 | Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay. |
| 2/14/1998 | 13 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed. |
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