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Historical Event on 4/1/1956

Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
6/7/1999Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999.
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.
11/2/1984Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll.
2/9/1984Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.
1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.