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Historical Event on 7/12/1949
Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1990 | Jag Mohan, J&K Governor, resigns. Girish Chandra Saxena appointed new Governor. |
| 11/13/1998 | Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final. |
| 8/17/1934 | Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 1/18/1977 | Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period. |
| 1/18/1977 | Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11. |
| 9/10/1924 | K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode. |
| 9/10/1924 | Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2). |
| 9/11/1893 | Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago. |
| 12/26/1997 | Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I). |
| 11/23/1933 | Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi. |
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