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Historical Event on 4/1/1994

Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
6/18/1994The strength of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad ministry led by Sanchaman Limboo reduced to 14 in the 32-member house.
4/14/1990Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
8/5/1986Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own.
7/23/1918Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
9/24/1947Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.