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Historical Event on 1/4/1948
Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1957 | Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha. |
| 3/1/1917 | Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan. |
| 3/21/1973 | Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away. |
| 3/17/1989 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, president of Lok Dal (B) and former Union Minister, passed away. |
| 2/16/1942 | The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943. |
| 12/1/1928 | The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta. |
| 12/24/1905 | Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born. |
| 4/17/1998 | BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 12/19/2000 | The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case. |
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