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Historical Event on 1/12/2000
Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.

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1/1/1986	This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
3/2/1982	Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
7/1/1968	Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
3/12/1988	Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
1/12/1901	Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
3/28/1996	JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
11/12/2000	Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
4/9/1954	India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues.
10/13/1999	No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes.
8/27/1958	Metric system of weights and measures introduced.

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Historical Event on 1/12/2000 Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.

Historical Event on 1/12/2000
Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.