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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 |
| 4/3/1992 | Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), was formed. |
| 11/16/1991 | 60 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states. |
| 10/1/1953 | The first new state in India since 1949, Andhra Pradesh, is established on purely linguistic basis and formally inaugurated. This state was created by sub-dividing state of India, Madras Province and this movement was started by Shriramulu for which he had to sacrifice his life. |
| 11/20/1955 | Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test debut, India v New Zealand. |
| 1/29/1979 | Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras. |
| 2/27/1996 | Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt. |
| 9/23/1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 1/2/1948 | Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir. |
| 3/26/1987 | Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 5/13/1996 | M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM. |
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