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Historical Event on 3/12/1911
Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born.
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| 1/11/1986 | The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
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| 2/4/1910 | New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest. |
| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
| 10/21/1954 | Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1. |
| 1/20/1990 | Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence. |
| 5/16/1986 | V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
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