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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
11/1/1956Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
11/29/1945Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
5/20/1965Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee).
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.