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Historical Event on 4/1/1963
Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/15/1999 | Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district. |
| 8/5/1978 | Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra. |
| 9/23/1999 | India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control. |
| 7/4/1995 | Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi. |
| 4/7/2000 | The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars. |
| 5/20/1972 | Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta. |
| 12/25/1924 | Atal Krishna Behari Bajpayee, Prime Minister of India and a veteran journalist, was born at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 7/17/1996 | All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh. |
| 1/21/1997 | Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta. |
| 2/10/1957 | Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta. |
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