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Historical Event on 3/12/1917
Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1999 | Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament. |
| 9/25/1947 | Kashmir accedes to Indian Union. |
| 10/16/2000 | Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches. |
| 12/5/1959 | K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away. |
| 2/1/1889 | Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 5/25/1886 | Rash Behari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Palara Bighati village, West Bengal. |
| 6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
| 10/14/1992 | 10 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah. |
| 1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country. |
| 6/21/1994 | The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group. |
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