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Historical Event on 12/9/1977
Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1991 | Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement. |
| 2/23/1792 | The Third Mysore War ended in Tipu Sultan's signing of Peace Treaty dictated by Lord Cornwallis & surrendering his two sons, Abdul Khaliq & Maiz - Uddin. This is known as Treaty of Seringapatam. |
| 5/14/2000 | L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years. |
| 12/25/1889 | Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P. |
| 7/4/1897 | Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement. |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 4/6/1934 | Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born. |
| 5/24/1990 | Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/8/1911 | Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa. |
| 1/20/1993 | Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away. |
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