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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 |
| 10/17/1998 | Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in. |
| 1/17/1917 | Dr. Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran, (M.G.R.), Indian film star, politician and charismatic Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was born at Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was also the founder of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhaga (AIADMK). |
| 8/1/1958 | Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave. |
| 11/25/1995 | Namibian PM Hoge S. Geingob arrives in New Delhi. |
| 4/18/1993 | BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya. |
| 1/3/1871 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died. |
| 4/24/1944 | Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away. |
| 4/24/1944 | Origin of Fasli Era (India). |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 1/24/1997 | Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively. |
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