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Historical Event on 1/5/1957

Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1911Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh.
7/20/1993Chander Mohan, son of Haryana CM Bhajanlal, wins the by-elections in the Kalka assembly constitutency by a margin of 61,800 votes.
2/8/1936Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
10/22/1908John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India.
6/16/1925Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died.
11/14/1993Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.
8/20/1905Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.
8/28/1904First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
2/17/1698Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.