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Historical Event on 12/11/1872
Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/21/1998 | India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing. |
| 6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. |
| 10/1/1932 | Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
| 3/20/1926 | For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London. |
| 1/27/1995 | K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term. |
| 3/16/1946 | India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'. |
| 11/28/1993 | JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva. |
| 11/19/1917 | Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades |
| 8/1/2000 | One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river. |
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