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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
7/10/1964Bangalore University was established in Karnataka.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
6/4/1902Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.
11/30/1974India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
1/17/1987Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
2/19/1812Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).