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Historical Event on 4/1/1976

Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/2000Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
1/9/1995T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections.
11/27/1994Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away.
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
4/17/1917V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai).