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Historical Event on 7/1/1975

Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1954'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
7/21/1984Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.
6/18/1979Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
4/11/1999Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
12/31/1956Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80.
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
7/5/1994Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.
7/2/1999Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) planned a 'fast' to protest against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
5/7/1907Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born.