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Historical Event on 12/12/1959
Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras.
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| 8/29/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi. |
| 5/9/1995 | Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt. |
| 9/26/1919 | Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
| 4/6/1919 | Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike. |
| 4/26/1908 | Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 3/19/1995 | Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away. |
| 10/3/1880 | Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi. |
| 3/12/1967 | Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections. |
| 10/28/1999 | The Delhi High Court stays TRAI's plan to introduce free incoming calls on mobile phones from November 1. |
| 2/12/1824 | Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Jeevapar Tankara, Kathiawad near Morbi. |
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