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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
6/28/1993A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested.
5/29/1936Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.
6/18/1993The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
6/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.