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Historical Event on 12/9/1873
Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
| 5/20/1940 | Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away. |
| 9/26/1956 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/22/1944 | Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P. |
| 4/1/1998 | Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000. |
| 2/9/1951 | The first census of free India of enumeration work was started. |
| 9/1/1668 | Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England. |
| 4/15/1992 | D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away. |
| 5/19/1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
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