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Historical Event on 12/1/1994

Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
5/14/1657Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born on Purandar fort.
1/17/1833William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away.
6/15/1907Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra).
5/8/1910Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
8/15/1921Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .
1/11/1999Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.