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Historical Event on 9/12/1898
Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/12/1990 | CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions. |
| 3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
| 5/4/1960 | Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale. |
| 12/3/1971 | Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared. |
| 6/25/1658 | 6th Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb arrested his father Shahjahan and put him in Agra Fort Jail. |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 7/18/1980 | Madras Doordashan Centre transmitted their first colour transmission for one hour in the afternoon, and this programme was re-transmitted simultaneously by Delhi Doordarshan, India. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 11/11/1675 | Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day. |
| 11/2/1999 | BJP suffers jolt in Bihar as it fails to win a single seat it contested in the October 28 poll to four Lok Sabha seats. |
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