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Historical Event on 1/1/1997

30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1997Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Protuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder at Portuguese power in India.
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
7/16/1981India performs nuclear Test.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
11/24/1926Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'.
2/6/1996Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
7/13/1905Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods.