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Historical Event on 4/1/1869

Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
11/23/1993'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
7/18/1998The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.
6/11/1997BSE sensitive index reaches 3927.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
10/5/1990Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
6/20/1997Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai.
1/15/1977Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.