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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
5/27/1951Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
1/6/1976Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
11/16/1988India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine.
12/17/1910Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
7/5/1992Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.
5/10/1992Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.
8/16/2000Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.