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Historical Event on 7/1/1982

MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1811Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
9/20/1944Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
10/1/1993Two more Election Commissioners appointed.
5/25/1936Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
7/31/1995Rishang Keshing,Manipur CM, wins the vote of confidence.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.