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Historical Event on 2/12/1946
14 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/28/1996 | JKLF declared unlawful by central govt. |
| 1/7/1993 | C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns. |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
| 8/18/1700 | Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same. |
| 4/15/1919 | Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur. |
| 10/29/1962 | China attacked India. |
| 7/4/1995 | Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi. |
| 6/4/1902 | Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born. |
| 2/28/1997 | Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98. |
| 12/3/1999 | Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy. |
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