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Historical Event on 1/1/1997
30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/1774 | British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune. |
| 2/5/1992 | Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President. |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 5/8/1992 | Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away. |
| 10/4/1977 | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption. |
| 2/10/1846 | British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India. |
| 4/2/1942 | Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet. |
| 2/28/1998 | The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory. |
| 1/12/1934 | Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers. |
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