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Historical Event on 3/12/1938

Vijay Laxman Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17), was born in Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/2000The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
1/20/1997The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
7/31/1865Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
10/16/1788Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.
12/8/1875Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born.
12/31/1802Peshwa Baji Rao-II, after being defeated by Yashwant Rao Holkar, signed the treaty of Subsidiary Allowance and accepted security of British Government.