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Historical Event on 4/1/1997

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1869Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai.
1/26/1972Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
12/1/1931The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution.
8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.
6/17/1824Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
12/12/1964Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
2/2/1788Pitt's Regulatory Act was was introduced to modify the Indian Administration and put further controls on Government of India after the 1784 Bill.
5/27/1962Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay.