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Historical Event on 1/1/1998
The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1995 | India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control. |
| 8/9/1788 | Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife. |
| 4/3/1700 | Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals. |
| 7/21/1975 | Hindi Post Guards was established by Government. |
| 6/23/1894 | Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 10/9/1996 | 27-member ministry of National Conference headed by its president Dr. Farooq Abdullah sworn-in in J&K. |
| 12/28/1921 | Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta. |
| 9/19/1911 | Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP. |
| 11/25/1962 | Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away. |
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