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Historical Event on 4/1/1976

Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1880Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra).
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
2/28/1951Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
6/12/1897Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
4/15/1947Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.
7/21/1963Kashi Vidyapeeth was given recognisation as University.
12/22/1751Battle of Mandavgargh.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.
11/10/1992Attorney General G. Ramaswamy, under cloud for his dealings with Standard Chartered Bank, resigns.