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Historical Event on 1/5/1995

PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1975Vasant Krishna Desai, famous music director, died.
10/29/1992Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem.
4/22/1998India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region.
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
11/24/1926Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'.
1/11/1986Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K.
1/11/1986Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
1/30/1785Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born.
5/26/1946Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.
3/8/1941Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away.