Portal:Uttar Pradesh/Anniversaries/April

These are the selected anniversaries for April that appear on the Uttar Pradesh portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.

April 1

1973 - Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India.

April 1 is known as April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day in many countries.

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April 2

1984 - Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.

International Children's Book Day

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April 3

1858 - Indian Rebellion of 1857, Jhansi captured and sacked
1937 - Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari appointed as first Chief Minister of United Provinces

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April 4

No Event

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April 5

1908 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)

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April 6

No Event

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April 7

1920 - Birth of Pandit Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player

World Health Day - April 7th of every year is designated as World Health Day and celebrated by the 191 member countries of the World Health Organization to emphasize significant issues in public health of worldwide concern. Observed annually since 1948.

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April 8

1857 - Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier martyred.
1929 - Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.

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April 9

No Event

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April 10

1857 - The Sepoy Mutiny popularly known as the "Revolt of 1857" broke out in Meerut, India as part of the Indian independence movement.

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April 11

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April 12

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April 13

1939 - In India, the Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British.

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April 14

Ambedkar Jayanti in India
Vaisakhi in India

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April 15

1858 - Indian Rebellion of 1857, Walpole defeated at Ruiya

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April 16

1919 - Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the British slaughter of Indian protestors in the Amritsar Massacre.

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April 17

World Hemophilia Day

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April 18

1859 - Indian Rebellion of 1857, Tatya Tope executed
1988 - At least 75 people were killed when Karnataka Express derailed near Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh.
1996 - 60 people killed as Gorakhpur-Gonda passenger train rams into a stationary goods train at Domingarh near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.

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