Mumbai: Today is a very important day in the history of Indian democracy. After the Janata Party government led by Morarji Desai came to power in 1977, he arrested former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 3, 1977. After 16 hours of detention, Indira Gandhi was released by the Supreme Court on 4 October 1977. Founded on this day in 2006, WikiLeaks created a sensation around the world by revealing confidential reports.
Let us find out what important events this day has seen in history.
1535 – First Bible printed in English
The first complete printing of the Bible in the English language was completed on this day, October 4, 1535. This print was created by Miles Coverdale.
1857 – Birth of revolutionary Shyamji Krishna Varma
Indian revolutionary, lawyer and journalist Shyamji Krishna Varma was born on 4 October 1857. He founded the Indian Home Rule Society and India House. He founded the Indian Sociologist Journal in London. Through this he criticized British Indian policies. This forced him to leave London and later move to Paris.
1957 – Soviet Russia’s first satellite, Sputnik, is launched into space
October 4, 1957 proved to be an important milestone in the progress of science and technology development. On this day, Soviet Russia successfully launched the satellite Sputnik 1 (Sputnik 1) into space. Soviet Russia became the first country in the world to achieve such a feat. After this performance of Russia, the Cold War between America and Russia also started in space. On January 31, 1958, the United States launched its first satellite into space. India launched Aryabhata satellite into space on 19 April 1975.
1977 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s address to the United Nations in Hindi
After the Janata Party government came to power, Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Foreign Minister in that government. On 4 October 1977, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the United Nations in Hindi. He was the first Indian to do so. After the speech of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the world leaders present there applauded loudly.
2006 – Founded WikiLeaks
Founded on 4 October 2006, WikiLeaks caused a sensation and exposed confidential information from countries and leaders around the world. WikiLeaks was founded by Julian Assange through Sunshine Press.
WikiLeaks is a controversial non-profit organization that publishes confidential and classified information from around the world. WikiLeaks publishes millions of secret and sensitive government documents, reports and memos through its website. In its first ten years, as of 2015, WikiLeaks claimed to have published 10 million documents.
