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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
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
2/11/1933Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
12/28/1907Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva).
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.
12/28/1885Allian Octavian Hume, a Scotsman, founded National Union and it held its first meeting in Bombay Tejpal Hall. The first session of Indian National Congress started under the Presidentship of Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee.
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
10/20/1991Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died.