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Historical Event on 3/1/1971

Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1999Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
3/19/1935British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
8/7/1941Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc.
1/11/1975Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.