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Historical Event on 12/11/1991

R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
2/12/1742Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
9/26/1931Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
1/24/2000Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.