What Happened In The World On December 4?
1154: Adrian IV become the sole English man to be elected Pope. 1791: First Sunday newspaper Its name was the Observer. It was run from Britain. It was the world's first Sunday newspaper. 1829: Sati Abolition It was the practice in India to burn alive the Hindu widows in husband's funeral fire. In British India, this practice was banned through legislation by Governor-General Lord William Bentick. In fact, in the 16th century, Humayun and later Akbar passed orders making Sati illegal. Later women practiced this voluntarily. But this practice was banned in Goa by the Portuguese much earlier. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the biggest social reformer played a crucial role in the Sati Abolition as he constantly questioned the practice and fought against it. 1971: Navy Day On this day in the year 1971, when the India-Pakistan war was in its supreme tempo, the Indian Navy launched an attack on Karachi harbor. The attack was named "Operation Trident". K...