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Historical Event on 12/9/1946
The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.
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| 11/24/1948 | Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| 1/18/1995 | The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II). |
| 12/23/2000 | The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''. |
| 11/11/1991 | Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review. |
| 3/20/1993 | Kondapally Seetaramaiah, founder of the Peoples War Group of Naxalities in Andhra Pradesh, arrested. |
| 10/16/1971 | David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere. |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
| 1/17/1908 | Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born. |
| 6/27/1995 | Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP. |
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