Historical Events on April 1.

1. April Fools’ Day (International) & Odisha Day (Odisha, India)

2. 1669, 1st April: Aurangzeb deployed Special Forces to demolish temples in northern India.

3. 1887, 1st April: Establishment of the Mumbai Fire Brigade.

4. 1895, 1st April: Establishment of the Indian Army.

5. 1930, 1st April: The minimum age of marriage for girls in India was set at 14 and for boys by 18 years.

6. 1933, 1st April: First Indian Air Force aircraft landed at Karachi.

7. 1935, 1st April: Establishment of the Reserve Bank of India.

8. 1936, 1st April: Establishment of the Indian state Odisha.              

9. 1957, 1st April: Decimal system introduced in India.

10. 1973, 1st April: Project Tiger launched in Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand by Indira Gandhi Government.

11. 1976, 1st April: Establishment of the Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, United States.

12. 1990, 1st April: Bharat Ratna awarded to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

13. 2004, 1st April: Google launched the Gmail e-mail system.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 1.

1. 1578: William Harvey, an English physician.

2. 1621: Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.

3. 1815: Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany.

4. 1889: K. B. Hedgewar, the founding Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

5. 1909: Shivakumara Swami, an Indian supercentenarian, humanitarian, spiritual leader, and educator.

6. 1937: Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the 12th Vice President of India.

7. 1941: Ajit Wadekar, an Indian international cricketer.

8. 1947: Ajit Pal Singh, the captain of the Indian hockey team.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 1.

1. 1984: Narayanrao Vyas, a Hindustani musician of Gwalior Gharana.

2. 1999: Shriram Bhikaji Welankar, the father of the Indian Postal Department’s pin code system.

3. 2012: N. K. P. Salve, a veteran Indian politician.

4. 2016: Pratyusha Banerjee, an Indian television actress.