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Historical Event on 7/12/1920
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
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| 3/21/1995 | A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala. |
| 6/3/1916 | Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established. |
| 12/6/2000 | A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, said, ""The Ayodhya agitation was an 'expression of nationalist feelings' and the ""task has remained unfinished |
| 3/5/1999 | Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton. |
| 7/19/1955 | Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 12/22/1751 | Battle of Mandavgargh. |
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| 1/6/1953 | Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew. |
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