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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
9/7/1997Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
5/13/1916Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.
12/10/1990The communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in Hyderabad claim more than 100 lives, and violence spreads to Aligarh and Kanpur also.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
3/29/1932Sundaram Gundibalirama, right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler, was born at Udipi in Karnataka.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.