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Historical Event on 9/12/1990

Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
3/30/1665Murarbaji died at Purandar fort during a battle with Dilerkhan.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
7/21/1999Bansi Lal, Haryana Chief Minister, quits before seeking a trust vote; and rebels form a separate party.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
1/7/1831Heinrich Von Stephan, famous general of postal union and freedom fighter, was born at Pomerania.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
9/22/1869Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu.
7/16/1936Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore.
10/6/1862Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862.