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Historical Event on 1/12/2000
Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1993 | Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill. |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 3/11/1795 | Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals. |
| 8/10/1988 | Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue. |
| 5/7/1991 | Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs. |
| 7/9/1755 | E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War. |
| 11/17/1991 | Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati. |
| 11/15/1932 | Surinder Kumar Mehra, Air Chief Marshal, was born in Delhi |
| 6/21/1940 | Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away. |
| 6/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away. |
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