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Historical Event on 1/12/1955

Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1963Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
10/21/1996Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
7/8/1985Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
1/3/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).
1/3/2000ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
1/10/1693Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.