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Historical Event on 2/12/1995

Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
7/19/1987Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V.P. Singh from Congress and orders probe into Ajitabh Bachhan's property abroad.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
9/1/1988Fatte Singrao Gaekwad of Baroda, former Member of Parliament, passed away.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
6/19/1995India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit.
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.