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  1974: Report on India in 2000
  An Indian government report predicting what India will look like in the year 2000
  

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The New York Times
June 19, 1974
728 words

The Year 2000 in India: Experts Paint Grim Picture
By Bernard Weinraub

Article begins:
NEW DELHI-India in the year 2000: about half the population will be homeless, food will be scarce, the landscape will be bare of trees. the fuel shortage will be acute, the cities will be proliferating.

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