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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
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
1/8/1981India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia.
5/31/1973Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
7/7/1948Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
9/15/1876Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.