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Historical Event on 1/1/1976

Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1993Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
8/1/1970Bhopal University was established.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
4/28/1996EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.
12/29/1844W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congress, was born in Kidderpore, Calcutta.
7/12/1994Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.