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Historical Event on 12/12/1959
Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
| 10/23/1996 | Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. |
| 3/19/1999 | The banned Maoist Communist Centre kills 34 Bhumihars at Senari village in Jehanabad district in Bihar. |
| 4/6/1906 | Kaveri Bhaskar Karve, teacher and author, was born at Harnai, Ratnagiri, . |
| 9/3/1995 | Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils. |
| 5/10/1977 | Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away. |
| 8/1/1964 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969. |
| 1/12/1992 | Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67. |
| 11/15/1830 | Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England. |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
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