Indian History 1-April

         1 April Indian History

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1-April-1843

Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .

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1-April-1855

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.

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1-April-1869

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

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1-April-1878

Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.

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1-April-1882

Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.

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1-April-1889

Hindu', English language newspaper changed its perodicity from weekly (20/09/1888) to daily.

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1-April-1889

Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born.

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1-April-1902

Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay.

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1-April-1912

The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhiand the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.

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1-April-1918

Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.

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1-April-1920

S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.

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1-April-1930

Government announced 15 yrs and 18yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.

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1-April-1933

Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squad.

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1-April-1935

The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.

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1-April-1936

Orissa state was formed as a provinceof British India separating from Bihar.

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1-April-1941

Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay.He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).

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1-April-1944

Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.

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1-April-1947

Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.

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1-April-1954

French settlements in India pass under Indian control.

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1-April-1954

Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.

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1-April-1956

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

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1-April-1957

Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.

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1-April-1962

Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.

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1-April-1962

Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.

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1-April-1963

Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.

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1-April-1963

D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment.

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1-April-1969

India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.

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1-April-1973

India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.

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1-April-1976

Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.

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1-April-1978

India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.

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1-April-1979

Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

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1-April-1985

Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).

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1-April-1986

Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141runs to win the Ranji Trophy.

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1-April-1987

Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.

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1-April-1989

Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.

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1-April-1989

UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.

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1-April-1989

Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.

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1-April-1990

Gold Control Act was withdrawn.

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1-April-1992

ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.1-April-1992The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched.

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1-April-1993

National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.

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1-April-1994

Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.

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1-April-1995

Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.

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1-April-1995

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) formed by the merger of IAAI and NAA. AAI manages five international airports, 87 domestic airports and 28 civil enclaves.

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1-April-1996

Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614licenced arrack shops closed down.

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1-April-1997

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

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1-April-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.

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1-April-2000

Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.1-April-2000India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.