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Historical Event on 11/29/1996
The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1993 | India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'. |
| 10/15/1992 | Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab. |
| 6/18/1633 | Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died. |
| 2/11/1980 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away. |
| 6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 7/5/1970 | Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives. |
| 1/6/1979 | Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba. |
| 11/1/1927 | Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born. |
| 9/4/1880 | Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 5/15/2000 | Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag. |
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