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Historical Event on 4/1/1978

India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
3/15/1919Osmania University was established at Hyderabad.
12/23/1920King George V signs Home Rule Act.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
12/22/1947Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
5/25/1886Rash Behari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Palara Bighati village, West Bengal.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'