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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
1/10/1963Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India.
11/1/1858Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India.
1/4/1892J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born.
8/29/1928Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
12/14/1812Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born.
5/30/1895Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
11/28/1890Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai.
11/9/1871Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.