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Historical Event on 12/1/1955
Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1980 | Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha. |
| 12/27/1975 | 372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state. |
| 10/5/1989 | Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989). |
| 7/24/1991 | Union budget imposes all-round price hike. |
| 10/22/2000 | The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case. |
| 5/23/1995 | TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 7/24/1783 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas. |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 5/26/1948 | First ever trade agreement with Pakistan. |
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