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Historical Event on 12/1/2000
An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/13/1945 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
1/21/1910 | Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born. |
1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
8/3/1998 | India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea. |
11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
4/10/1875 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore. |
1/24/1980 | J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85). |
1/7/1993 | The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court. |
8/11/2000 | Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset. |
5/9/1753 | Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi. |
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