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Historical Event on 12/12/1872

Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
2/26/196634 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
10/16/1878Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala.
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
2/17/1993Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"".
3/1/1775Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army.
11/13/1901Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state.