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Historical Event on 4/2/1997

A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1913Ghadar Movement started at San Francisco.
1/15/1918K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP.
10/28/1888Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.
10/3/1996Second phase of UP polling.
8/10/2000Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.
8/25/1981Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
1/2/1905Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
12/24/1902Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were ""Kanha Jeevan Dhan"" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company.