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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 |
| 7/2/1991 | Nanankal Krishna Pillai, famous Malyalam poet, died. |
| 7/3/1991 | Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996. |
| 11/9/1871 | Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born. |
| 11/9/1871 | Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district. |
| 3/10/1954 | The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954. |
| 12/24/1905 | Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born. |
| 6/1/1998 | Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre. |
| 5/4/1980 | Coal Mine Worker's Day established. |
| 2/4/1991 | An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
| 1/8/1973 | Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died. |
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