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Historical Event on 12/1/1991

Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
8/14/1996Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died.
12/4/1998Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.
3/1/1985Rajendra Sethia, the biggest personal bankrupt ever, arrested in New Delhi.
10/15/1921Suryanarayannamurty Rebbapragada, social reformer, college principal and journalist, was born at Rajahmundry in A.P.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
2/4/1757Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta.
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.