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Historical Event on 1/1/1976
Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/15/1989 | NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million. |
| 1/1/1999 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"". |
| 8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 3/3/1847 | Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| 7/6/1992 | R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam. |
| 7/15/1980 | Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away. |
| 8/20/1955 | Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists. |
| 10/2/1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 9/1/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored. |
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