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Historical Event on 7/12/1949
Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1955 | Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. |
| 2/14/1970 | Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization. |
| 5/28/1996 | BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997. |
| 11/18/1937 | 1,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year. |
| 12/26/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country. |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
| 2/19/1902 | Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta. |
| 12/27/1990 | DMK led Pondicherry ministry, headed by D. Ramachandran, resigns following loss of majority. |
| 2/26/1975 | Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad. |
| 5/14/1914 | Ekanath Dattatreya Kulkarni, educationist and writer, was born at Bhaloni, Tal Pandharpur. |
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