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Historical Event on 1/15/2000

Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1997Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
12/17/1914Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
10/24/1856Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
9/13/2000Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
10/20/1999The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.