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Historical Event on 1/12/2000

T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1914M. L. Bhowmik, social reformer and politician, was born Kailashahar, Tripura.
1/4/1999Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi.
7/23/1988Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died.
8/22/1992Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
3/29/1970Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
6/25/1900Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England.
1/10/1839Tea from India first arrives in UK.
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.