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Historical Event on 3/1/1950

The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1947An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.
2/22/19901st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland. NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps.
6/24/1991Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
4/2/1954Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons.
9/11/1911Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991.
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.