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Historical Event on 4/1/1997

Govt. clarifies it is illegal to carry a child on a two-wheeler in addition to a pillion rider.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
11/2/1992Nine Maharashtra ministers resign.
2/18/1906Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, chief of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born.
5/21/1994Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe.
3/29/1943Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
5/5/1903Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).
12/10/1945Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.