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Historical Event on 12/31/1995

K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
1/23/2000India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
5/22/1992India launches its 'Agni' rocket.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
3/31/1993Major changes in exim policy announced.