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Historical Event on 1/4/1998

V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
10/26/1928R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta.
6/9/1834Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died.
1/1/1956No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'.
8/1/1962Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation.
6/15/1960Bardwan University was established in West Bengal.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
5/5/2000Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
9/14/1910Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.