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Historical Event on 3/1/1950

The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1996L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
7/5/1992Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.
6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
2/3/1969Thiru Conjeevaram Natrajan Annadurai ""Anna"", a great patriot, writer, editor, orator, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the commencer of Dravid Movement, passed away. He was the key person in formation of Anna Dramuk Party.
5/29/1933Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.