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Historical Event on 4/1/1882

Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1999Om Prakash Chautala is sworn in the Chief Minister of Haryana, and will seek trust vote on July 27.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
2/3/1900Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
8/13/2000The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players.
1/29/1983Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
3/5/1990Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
12/14/1962Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada.
8/22/2000Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.