Year 1886
American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
SEPTEMBER 4
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4 September: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 4 September.
Year 1888
Gandhi left for England for his Bar-at-Law.
Year 1967
6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200.
Year 1979
Sunil Gavaskar scores his third double century in Test cricket (221) to guide India to a famous draw against England in the 4th Test at The Oval.
Year 2014
Monsoon rains begin and cause flooding over a sustained period that kills over 400 people in India & Pakistan.
Born 1825
Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress. He was a Liberal Party member of Parliament.
Born 1890
Bhupendranath Datta was an Indian revolutionary and later a noted sociologist and anthropologist.
Born 1909
Braj Kumar Nehru was an Indian diplomat and Ambassador of India to the United States.
Born 1923
Ram Kishore Shukla was an Indian politician and an activist for Indian independence.
Born 1924
S. K. Ramachandra Rao was an Indian author, Sanskrit scholar and professor of psychology.
Born 1952
Rishi Kapoor was an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood.
Born 1941
Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra.
Born 1945
Mohan Joshi, Indian film, television and theater actor.
Born 1948
Anant Nag, Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema.
Born 1948
Parbatbhai Patel, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Banaskantha constituency in Gujarat for its 16th Lok Sabha.
Born 1957
Krishan Pal Gurjar, present Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in Government of India.
Born 1962
Kiran More, Indian former cricketer and wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team.
Born 1964
Aadesh Shrivastava was a music composer and singer of Indian music.
Born 1972
Delnaaz Irani, Indian actress.
Born 1975
Vetri Maaran, Indian film director, screenwriter, and film producer who works in the Tamil film industry.
Born 1989
Ragini Nandwani, Indian film and television actress.
Born 1990
Aparnaa Bajpai, an Indian film actress who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films.
Died 1987
Roop Kanwar was a Rajput woman who was burned alive at Deorala village of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India.
Died 1997
Dharamvir Bharati was a renowned Hindi poet, playwright and a social thinker of India.
Died 2000
Mukri was an Indian film actor who worked as a comedian in Hindi films.
Died 2012
Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (b. 1930)
Died 2012
Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
Died 2015
Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (b. 1927)