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Historical Event on 12/11/1926

Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1992Punjab election set for February 19.
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.
12/13/1902Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born.
12/31/1923Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
12/28/1905Sir Dr. Gajapatairaj Vijaya Ananda, the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, ""Vizzy"", cricketer and Indian Right Handed Batsman, was born at Vizianagar. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1958.
4/24/1942Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41.
10/20/1990Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
11/10/1994Dr. K. V. Putappa ""Kuvempu"", first Gyanpeet Awardee for literature and Kannad author, died at the age of 90 ye