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Historical Event on 4/1/1998
Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
3/1/1960 | National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project. |
2/3/1954 | Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi. |
6/3/1947 | British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947. |
4/4/1947 | San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India. |
7/8/1971 | Krishnarao Arkgudun, versatile Kannad author, died. |
1/7/1885 | Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born. |
12/29/1997 | Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics. |
7/4/1729 | Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died. |
3/1/1916 | Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta. |
8/3/1886 | Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi. |
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