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Historical Event on 9/12/1998

Bihar flood toll mounts to 320.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
2/24/1946Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police.
5/4/1932Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
10/6/1983Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
5/26/1935Swami Mrigendra Channaya, great Social Scientist in Maharashtra, was born.