NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 11, 2002: We missed this one the first time around, but just two months ago, India’s billionth citizen entered the world. The government decided that special baby was Ashtha (“faith”), born at Safdarjang Hospital in Delhi, May 11 to Anjana and Ashok Arora in Safdarjang Hospital in the Indian capital at 5:05 a.m. local time. India joins China as the only nations with more than a billion people. The government set up the billionth baby selection as part of a public campaign pressing Indians to have smaller families and rein in the country’s spiraling population growth.
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