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April

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1612 Shah Jahan marries Mumtaz.
1859 Tatya Tope, who had created a reputation for independence in the country, was hanged for playing a decisive role in the first revolution of independence of 1857.
1917 Gandhiji selected Champaran in Bihar to start his Satyagraha movement.
1950 Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan movement with 80 acres of land in Panchampalli village in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh.
1971 India's first jumbo jet Boeing 747 arrives in Bombay. It was named Emperor Ashoka.
1978 Sobha Singh, who built modern New Delhi, died.
1991 Kerala was declared the first fully literate state in the country.
1991 Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee lost the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by one vote.
2001 16 soldiers of India martyred due to the firing of Bangladesh army into Indian border.
2008 India and Mexico enter into new agreements in the field of civil aviation and energy.