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Historical Event on 1/1/1974

This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1903Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
5/31/1994Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.
4/15/1975Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament.
6/19/1997Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir.
9/11/1889Dr. P. Subbarayan, minister and leader of the House in O.P. and President of the Cricket Control Board, was born in Tamil Nadu.
5/10/1909Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born.
10/31/1876Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die.
12/15/1908Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.