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Historical Event on 8/12/1946
Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/3/1972 | First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai. |
| 9/14/1992 | The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered. |
| 11/7/1990 | National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government. |
| 11/11/1980 | The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.' |
| 7/7/1799 | Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers. |
| 5/9/1907 | Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal. |
| 3/12/1942 | British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 1/11/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995). |
| 6/28/1975 | As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence. |
| 2/6/1931 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow. |
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