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Historical Event on 4/12/1799

The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions in Africa and the East. This Anglican missions agency currently works in fields located in Africa, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Iran and Palestine.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.
12/28/1974Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
8/9/1996Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
3/2/1963China reports troops have left disputed area in India.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
10/10/1991Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
8/13/1993Rama Rao vows not to return to the house unless the government is ousted.
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.