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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
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Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'. |
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Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi. |
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Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death. |
| 7/12/1674 |
Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company. |
| 7/12/1823 |
First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co. |
| 7/12/1864 |
Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born. |
| 7/12/1896 |
Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born. |
| 7/12/1909 |
Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 7/12/1920 |
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 7/12/1920 |
Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore. |
| 7/12/1932 |
The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir. |
| 7/12/1947 |
Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 7/12/1949 |
Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence. |
| 7/12/1949 |
Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die. |
| 7/12/1957 |
Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan. |
| 7/12/1960 |
Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar. |
| 7/12/1960 |
Ranchi University was established. |
| 7/12/1965 |
Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore. |
| 7/12/1970 |
Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives. |
| 7/12/1980 |
Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha. |
| 7/12/1993 |
West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died. |
| 7/12/1994 |
India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad. |
| 7/12/1994 |
Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away. |
| 7/12/1996 |
Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam. |
| 7/12/1996 |
Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months. |
| 7/12/1996 |
Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys. |
| 7/12/1998 |
India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee. |
| 7/12/1999 |
India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes. |
| 7/12/1999 |
Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai. |
| 7/12/2000 |
67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1963 | Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73. |
| 11/9/1977 | Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away. |
| 5/28/1950 | Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 1/22/1997 | Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case. |
| 2/13/1984 | Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, inaugurated the first manufacturing work of Indian Submarines at Mazgaon Dock, Bombay. |
| 9/15/1999 | Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead. |
| 1/26/1950 | India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force. |
| 12/5/1999 | India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World. |
| 8/19/1927 | Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa. |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
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