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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
7/26/1922Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
2/2/1964Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
3/31/1996Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.
4/20/1960Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.