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Historical Event on 1/4/1992

The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1901John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala.
4/13/1982Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away.
5/16/1999Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.
10/27/1937Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
7/12/1949Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
11/16/199160 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.