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Historical Event on 12/12/1989
Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/9/1812 | The first paper currency was issued by the Bank of Bengal. The notes of this bank were later printed by Perkins, Heath & Co. in England. They can be distinguished into at least 10 different types. They were issued in a wide range of denominations from Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000. |
| 2/28/1884 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away. |
| 6/9/1909 | Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born. |
| 3/8/1986 | L.K. Advani elected President of BJP. |
| 6/30/1817 | Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died. |
| 1/4/1932 | Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants. |
| 10/20/1999 | Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha. |
| 10/19/1970 | First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 7/31/1993 | Transport operators begin nation-wide strike. |
| 1/19/1990 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA. |
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