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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
2/20/1929K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu.
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
9/8/1951The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) was re-designated as CDA(P), Allahabad.
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
4/15/1895Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
12/29/1927Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.