4 February in Hindu history
4 February 16704 February 1916
Tanaji Malusare takes Kondhana and falls
Tanaji Malusare scales the cliffs of Kondhana by night and wins the fort but dies in single combat with Udaybhan. Shivaji is said to have mourned, ‘Gad ala pan simha gela’, the fort is won but the lion is gone; it has been Sinhagad since.
Banaras Hindu University founded
Lord Hardinge lays the foundation stone of Madan Mohan Malaviya’s Banaras Hindu University on Vasant Panchami. It grew into one of the largest residential universities in Asia.
4 February 1922
4 February 1922Chauri Chaura; Non-Cooperation called off
After police fire on a procession at Chauri Chaura near Gorakhpur, a crowd burns the police station and twenty-two policemen die. Gandhi calls off the movement days later.
Chauri Chaura
A clash at a small police station in Gorakhpur district stopped the largest mass movement India had yet seen.