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Historical Event on 9/12/1898
Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1994 | Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'. |
| 8/30/1979 | Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'. |
| 1/1/1932 | Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started. |
| 12/30/1941 | Gandhiji, at his own request, is relieved of hi-leadership of Congress by Working Committee. |
| 6/24/1991 | K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala. |
| 3/7/1952 | Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles. |
| 9/15/1927 | Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born. |
| 4/2/1953 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away. |
| 2/8/1881 | Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born. |
| 1/12/1918 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born. |
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