4 January in Hindu history
4 January 1881
Tilak’s Kesari first published
The Marathi weekly Kesari appears at Pune, started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar. For four decades it is the loudest Swaraj voice in western Bharat.
4 January 2001
Tejas fighter makes its first flight
The Light Combat Aircraft, later named Tejas, flies for the first time from Bengaluru. It is the first fighter designed and built in Bharat since the HF-24 Marut.