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Historical Event on 6/12/1894
Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 12/26/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi. |
| 12/17/1987 | Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims. |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
| 5/30/1955 | Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away. |
| 4/8/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army. |
| 9/26/1996 | Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966. |
| 1/24/2000 | Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna. |
| 12/24/1997 | Congress(I) splits in Bihar with Dr. Jagannath Mishra and Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav floating iits regional outfit, ""Bihar Jan Congress |
| 4/3/1680 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, great Maratha emperor, patriot, soldier, freedom fighter, revolutionary and great son of India, passed away at Raigarh fort. His son Sambhaji succeeded to the throne. |
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