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Historical Event on 1/1/1995

This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
12/22/1975Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
4/7/1942Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died.
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.
10/30/1887Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born.
4/8/1998Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
7/20/1903Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.