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Historical Event on 4/1/1956
Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1809 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa. |
| 1/8/1968 | The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language. |
| 9/29/1914 | German cruiser Emden shells Madras. |
| 6/9/1997 | Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
| 9/20/1993 | Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit. |
| 3/19/1998 | E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88. |
| 3/2/1949 | Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
| 1/10/1896 | Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
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