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Historical Event on 4/1/1985

Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).

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2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.
2/17/1994Chimanbhai Patel, chief minister of Gujrat, passed away at the age of 65 years.
6/10/1957Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
3/16/1924Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away.
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.