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Historical Event on 4/1/1990

Gold Control Act was withdrawn.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1899Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat .
10/11/1986Mother Teresa escapes unhurt from a plane crash which killed six in Tanzania.
7/18/1909Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.
1/16/1997Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
6/18/1887Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
10/10/1927Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born
4/29/1960Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.