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Historical Event on 3/12/1938

Vijay Laxman Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17), was born in Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
2/22/1978Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
7/27/1959Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut.
7/5/1999Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.