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Historical Event on 1/15/2000
Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/6/1998 | Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah. |
| 12/6/1998 | 13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok. |
| 3/11/1824 | US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair. |
| 1/29/1955 | 'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established. |
| 12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
| 2/13/1977 | Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away. |
| 5/1/1886 | May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours. |
| 12/29/1983 | Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies. |
| 10/18/1995 | President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation. |
| 7/21/1930 | Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born. |
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