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Historical Event on 9/12/1898

Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1954India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
1/10/1896Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
6/28/1924Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta.
10/9/1874Nicholas Roerich, great professor, master, artist, scientist, educator, writer, designer, poet, explorer and humanitarian, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He led artistic and scientific expedition in Himalayas and settled in Kulu valley.