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Historical Event on 4/2/1679

Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/1966Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi.
12/19/1966Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
3/29/1982Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
12/1/1960Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.
9/19/1726Khandoballal died.
9/19/1726Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.