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Historical Event on 1/3/1952

India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
7/28/1909Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
11/25/1990R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away.
1/28/1895Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.