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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
9/4/1997Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
10/29/1996Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.
1/6/1992Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
9/25/1990L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra.
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
7/18/1993Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.
5/20/1932Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc.
2/11/1913Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa).