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Historical Event on 1/12/2000

Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1743Sawai Jaising died.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
10/30/1994Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
7/1/1985Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
11/6/1962National Defence Council established.