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Historical Event on 12/1/1886
Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Musran in U.P.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/3/1960 | Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur. |
| 4/20/1973 | Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur. |
| 1/25/1989 | Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland. |
| 4/15/1976 | India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years. |
| 1/23/1814 | Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born. |
| 3/30/1994 | G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel. |
| 9/13/1997 | India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu. |
| 12/10/1984 | Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 3/18/1916 | Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay. |
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