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Historical Event on 4/1/1997

Govt. clarifies it is illegal to carry a child on a two-wheeler in addition to a pillion rider.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1952Community Development Programme started.
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
6/29/1976Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.
9/4/1997Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am.
4/23/1913Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born.
11/5/1927Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi.
11/12/1959Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.
10/30/1947The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.
3/18/1915British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.