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What happened in the period between 1971 77 in india?

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1970

7 September - Maharashtra Pollution Control Board is established under the provisions of Maharashtra Prevention of Water Pollution Act, 1969.

Bajaj Auto rolls out its 100,000th vehicle.

1971

25 January - Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state and East Punjab is reduced to its current form as Dhaba.

19 April - The provisional government of Bangladesh exiled flees to West Bengal.

25 August - The former East Pakistan and eastern Bengali are flooded; thousands flee the area.

29 September - A cyclone in the Bay of Bengali, in Orissa state in India, kills 10,000.

3 December-17 December: India and Pakistan fight their second major war, over East Pakistan , which ends after 90,000 Pakistani troops surrender. The new nation of Bangladesh is created out of East Pakistan.

3 December - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins as Pakistan attacks 9 Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan.

3 December-4 December night: The Indian navy destroyer INS Rajputsinks Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi (former USS Diablo).

16 December - Victory Day of Bangladesh: The Pakistan Army surrenders to the Joint Force i.e. Mukti Bahini (Freedom Force) and the Indian Armed Forces, officially ending the Pakistani Civil War and creating the new nation state of Bangladesh .

1972

21 January - Manipur gets statehood.

19 March - India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty , after the withdrawal of the Indian troops.

2 July - Following Pakistan's surrender to India in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, both nations sign the historic bilateral Shimla Agreement , agreeing to settle their disputes peacefully.

10 July - A stempede of elephants kills 24 people in the Chandka Forest.

Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers (Amendment) Act, 1972

1973

1 April - Government campaign to save the tiger from extinction.

1 November - [State of Mysore] is renamed Karnataka State.

1974

January to May smallest epidemic

18 May - Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon in the Thar Desert, and becomes the sixth nation to do so.

1974 railway strike in india.

1975

19 April - The first Indian satellite,Aryabhata, goes into Earth's orbit.

16 May - Sikkim annexed to India after a deposing the monarchy.

25 June - A state of emergency is declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during which the press is censored and 100,000 are jailed.

Chisnala mining disaster.

1976

16 April - A family planning initiative involves the vasectomy of thousands of men and tubal ligation of women, either for payment or under coercive conditions. (The minimum age for marriage is also raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.) The son of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,Sanjay Gandhi, is largely blamed for what turned out to be a failed program.A strong backlash against any initiative associated with family planning followed the highly controversial program, which continues (in part) into the 21st century.

1977

March - The first non-Congress government sweeps to power following India Gandhi’s defeat at the general elections. Morarji Desai becomes prime minister.

3 March - Nehru Planetarium commissioned.

November - More than 10,000 people die when a cyclone hits India's southeast coast. The storm disrupts life for 5.4 million people in 830 villages, and damages 14,000 km² of cropland.

A commission, chaired by Bachchan P Mandal is set up.

1978

1 January - Air India Flight 855, a Boring 747 passenger jet, crashes into the Arabia Sea after takeoff near Bombay, killing all 213 on board.

29 March – Dr. Leo Rebello pioneers a 60 lessons distance learning course in Naturopathy to train Naturopaths to serve in India’s 560,000 villages.

7 November - Indira Gandhi is re-elected to the Indian parliament.

19 December - Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament.

1979

1 January - President of India makes official the decision to set up the Mandal Commission

31 January - The police under direction of Jyoti Basu, Chief Minister of Communist Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led government of West Bengali, surrounds and opens fire on unarmed refugee settlement of Morichjhapi island in Sunderbans, West Bangal. Hundreds killed but government officially accepts 36 deaths.

1 June - Vizianagaram district is formed in Andha Pradesh.

27 June - CISF conflict at Board.

11 August - Movie Dam burst, the worst flood disaster in independent India, happens in Gujarat, killing 1500-15000 people

Dr. Leo Rebello is appointed Special Executive Magistrate (same as Justice of Peace) for Greater Bombay. Holds the honorary office for 18 years helping thousands of people.

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