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Historical Event on 1/1/1995

Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
7/28/1972India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
4/11/1992Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office.
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
3/5/1995Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.
9/29/1970Union Carbide India Ltd in Bombay was commissioned Reclamation Plant Sewage Water of India for commercial use.
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.