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Historical Event on 1/12/1995

Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1888Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.
5/16/1986V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award.
10/3/1999Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/24/1674Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.