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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 |
| 5/17/1887 | Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 4/2/1970 | Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 4/3/1991 | UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls . |
| 8/3/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal. |
| 10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
| 4/13/1851 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan. |
| 4/13/1997 | Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown. |
| 10/29/1947 | Mysore's popular ministry sworn in. |
| 10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
| 1/25/1950 | The post of the Governor General of India was abolished. |
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