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Historical Event on 12/1/1955

Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1992Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar.
7/1/1975Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme.
1/21/1922V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
4/16/1853The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
10/5/1878First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
7/10/1999The Delhi police arrest Mohammad Javed alias Babu Bhai, an accused in the Jain Hawala case.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.