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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
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
6/13/1992Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached.
6/13/1927Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.
5/19/1979Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.
10/1/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
1/3/1938Jaswant Singh, son of Thakur Sardar Singh, was born in Jasol, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan).
12/3/1884Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.