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Historical Event on 3/1/1950
The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1989 | General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states. |
| 10/13/1998 | India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers. |
| 1/30/1959 | Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 12/9/1992 | More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 11/16/1991 | Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
| 6/21/1941 | Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India. |
| 1/10/1888 | Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura. |
| 2/6/1994 | Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away. |
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