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Historical Event on 9/12/1995
Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/27/1999 | India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey. |
| 5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
| 12/12/1964 | Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 5/25/1917 | Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943. |
| 4/8/1923 | Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week. |
| 5/3/1765 | Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta. |
| 2/6/1887 | Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II. |
| 5/24/1992 | D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 1/29/1968 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died. |
| 8/19/1757 | The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company. |
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