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Historical Event on 1/12/1869

Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi.

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2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
9/10/1623Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him.
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.
9/27/1833Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England.
7/18/1987Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.