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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
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
11/15/1995Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.