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Historical Event on 9/12/1993
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1844 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 4/18/2000 | The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players. |
| 8/10/1998 | Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta. |
| 8/21/1995 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 1/24/1976 | Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries. |
| 3/23/1968 | Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
| 7/7/1896 | The premier show of the 'Marvel of the Century', first cinema show India, arranged by the Representatives of French Lumiere brothers- Louis and August Lumiere, was held at Watson Hotel in Bombay. The regular shows, however, started from July 14, 1896 at the Novelty Theatre. This show advertisment appeared in the 'Times of India', carrying details of a film show to be held for the first time on Indian soil. |
| 4/18/1931 | Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India. |
| 8/1/1927 | Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born. |
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