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Historical Event on 4/1/1889

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
8/25/1963Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
1/8/1995Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away.
10/22/1962Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
12/20/1998Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine.
1/15/1966The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons.
2/1/1855East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.