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Historical Event on 1/12/1995

Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
6/13/1879Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, revolutionary, was born.
9/28/1837Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
10/12/1946Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.
4/6/1906Kaveri Bhaskar Karve, teacher and author, was born at Harnai, Ratnagiri, .
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.