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Historical Event on 1/5/1995

India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1882Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
3/28/1999Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals.
4/9/1695Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav.
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
9/1/1896Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.).
4/21/1720Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath passed away and was succeeded by his son Peshwa Baji Rao I. He was a great soldier and General.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
2/18/1998C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).