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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
2/27/1996Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt.
10/20/1989Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India.
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
6/6/1986Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.
3/21/1997Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
1/10/199526th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.