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Historical Event on 1/12/1966
Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.
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| 7/5/1993 | Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal. |
| 5/5/1983 | Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 10/17/1817 | Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of modern India, was born in Delhi. |
| 9/14/1933 | Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India. |
| 4/13/1988 | Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK. |
| 8/15/1990 | India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile. |
| 7/19/1925 | Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P). |
| 7/4/1897 | Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan). |
| 5/20/1915 | Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad. |
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