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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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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 |
| 1/7/1883 | Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born. |
| 11/6/1951 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954. |
| 9/6/1975 | Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines. |
| 5/4/1799 | Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam. |
| 2/3/1969 | Thiru Conjeevaram Natrajan Annadurai ""Anna"", a great patriot, writer, editor, orator, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the commencer of Dravid Movement, passed away. He was the key person in formation of Anna Dramuk Party. |
| 10/28/1911 | Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat. |
| 12/12/1965 | Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras. |
| 3/9/1836 | Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born. |
| 7/4/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment. |
| 1/1/1944 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died. |
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