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Historical Event on 12/1/1955

Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1998India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka.
4/30/1896Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
2/10/1806Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.