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Historical Event on 6/4/1926
Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1950 | Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives. |
| 10/23/1996 | Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 12/27/1976 | Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 6/1/1786 | Madras General Post Office started functioning. |
| 5/1/1992 | C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away. |
| 6/18/1993 | The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva. |
| 5/19/1992 | Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh. |
| 6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
| 10/20/1998 | Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 11/15/1982 | S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died. |
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