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Historical Event on 1/3/1952
India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 1/9/1972 | In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production. |
| 4/1/1987 | Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution. |
| 9/23/1903 | Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 5/19/1979 | Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away. |
| 1/3/1997 | Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/22/1992 | The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya. |
| 5/23/1996 | In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls. |
| 10/26/1969 | Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay. |
| 1/26/1876 | Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
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