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Historical Event on 12/5/1946
Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 4/5/1940 | Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"". |
| 11/6/1904 | Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born. |
| 1/24/1948 | Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*). |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 8/20/1885 | First meeting of the Indian National Congress held. |
| 10/30/1996 | Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay. |
| 5/4/1832 | Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly. |
| 6/16/1990 | GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops. |
| 10/2/1986 | Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat. |
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