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Historical Event on 4/16/1976
The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1951 | Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 10/21/1916 | Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat. |
| 6/25/1994 | Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
| 5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
| 5/14/1657 | Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born on Purandar fort. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 7/31/1993 | Transport operators begin nation-wide strike. |
| 6/25/1931 | Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 1/14/1760 | Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally. |
| 7/25/2000 | P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi. |
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