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Historical Event on 1/1/1998

The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1945Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
2/14/1996Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
1/2/1905Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born.
11/27/1972Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.