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Historical Event on 9/12/1779
Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.
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| 5/1/1996 | Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court. |
| 9/11/1906 | Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'. |
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| 11/16/1991 | Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died |
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