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Historical Event on 4/1/1912

The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1990The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
8/17/1944Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.
1/29/1999Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
3/12/1941Chinese engineers leave to survey a route for the proposed 1,000-mile-long highway from Ningyuan, China to Assam, India.