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Historical Event on 1/1/1998

The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1988Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.
4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.
3/16/1999Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy.
7/28/1994Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors.
8/5/1999The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
7/22/1991New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament.
7/27/1998Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
9/7/1955All India Council of Secondary Education set up by the Government.