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Historical Event on 3/12/1954

Indian National Academy of Letters ""Sahitya Academy"" inaugurated by Dr. Radhakrishnan.

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6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
5/14/1992LTTE banned in India.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
1/3/1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
4/23/1930Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
11/27/1888Ganesh Vasudeo Malvankar, great social worker, educationist, writer and first speaker of Lok Sabha, was born in Baroda.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.