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Historical Event on 9/12/1990

Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1907Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous ancient researcher and mathematician, was born.
2/3/1900Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu.
7/1/1975Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme.
9/26/1931Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
12/3/1991Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time .
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
2/22/1996Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt.