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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
12/31/1988Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
1/6/18424,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul..
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
7/18/1993India beats France 3-2 in a sensational Davis Cup tie to enter into the semi-final.