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Historical Event on 4/1/1989

Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
9/17/1929La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras.
10/30/1924Word Saving Day.
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
4/16/1991President's rule imposed in Haryana.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.