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Important events of history that took place in India and elsewhere on today’s date.

4 May

🇮🇳 In India

1767 Tyagaraja, composer and vocalist of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music, was born in Thiruvarur. He was prolific and highly influential in the development of India's classical music tradition.

1783 Tipu Sultan was enthroned as the ruler of Mysore after the death of Haider Ali in a simple ceremony at Bednur (presently Nagara, Karnataka).

1799 Tipu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India, died in Srirangapatna. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery.

1849 Jyotirindranath Tagore, playwright, musician, editor and a painter, was born in Kolkata. He played a major role in the flowering of the talents of his younger brother, the first non-European Nobel Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore.

1930 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and taken to Yerwada jail for violating Salt Law.

🌎 Elsewhere

1924 Edith Nesbit, English writer and poet, who published her books for children as E Nesbit, died.

1940 Robin Cook, American physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health, was born. He is best known for combining medical writing with the thriller genre.

1953 Pulitzer prize was awarded to Ernest Hemingway for Old Man and The Sea.

1959 The Grammy Awards, the most prestigious awards in the music industry, were presented for the first time.

⭐ Significance

International Firefighters' Day is observed on May 4. It was instituted after a proposal was emailed out around the world on January 4, 1999 due to the deaths of five firefighters in tragic circumstances in a bushfire in Australia.

Coal miners' Day is celebrated in India every year to mark the contribution and sacrifices of the coal mine workers, to honour their accomplishments and remember the hardships and tragedies they have to bear with all their lives.

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