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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 |
| 1/12/2000 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 12/21/1921 | Praphulchandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 2/6/1949 | India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad. |
| 1/12/1990 | Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles. |
| 3/1/1978 | Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India. |
| 3/22/1991 | Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM. |
| 3/20/1904 | Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
| 1/27/1901 | Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born. |
| 8/25/1992 | Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio. |
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