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Historical Event on 12/10/1952

World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/199455 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.
11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
3/26/1989Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'.
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
2/3/1995The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
3/2/1994President's rule in J & K extended.
3/29/1998The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.