The first such event in the Republic of India was reported in 1958 when the local Mizo District Council cautioned the Assam government of an impending famine which the government rejected on the grounds that it was not scientific .
The first such event in the Republic of India was reported in 1958 , when the Mizo District local Council cautioned the Assam government of an impending famine . 
 The government rejected the prediction on the grounds that it was not scientific .