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Historical Event on 12/1/2000

An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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.
11/5/1995Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
12/17/1970Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/01/1971.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
6/18/1917Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.
12/20/1956Saint Gadgebaba died.
1/1/1974This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.