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Historical Event on 4/1/1998

Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1751Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born.
7/15/1783Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.
9/26/1991Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
10/12/1998Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma
12/23/1889Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
8/18/1923Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay.
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.