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Historical Event on 1/1/1995

This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
7/22/1970Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV), College of Agriculture, Palampur was transferred to Himachal Pradesh University as part of its Agricultural Complex.
8/10/1901Narayan Pillai Gopala Pillai, great poet and educationist, was born in Quilon, Kerala.
8/29/1993Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
7/25/1992R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President.
12/5/1905Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir.