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Word: gopalaswami (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, citing these and other grim statistics as determined by the government's 1951 census, India's Census Commissioner and a top civil servant, R. A. Gopalaswami, urged his countrymen to do something about "improvident maternity." As things are now going, he estimates that India's population will soar to 520 million by 1981. "Every married couple can have a maximum of three children without creating a national problem," said Gopalaswami, "but we should realize that it is improvident on our part to permit ourselves to increase in numbers indefinitely without taking thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Improvident Maternity | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

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