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Historical Event on 1/1/1976

Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1999Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion.
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
3/17/1798Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
1/22/1901Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"".
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
6/6/1982Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
1/30/1911Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born.