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Historical Event on 12/11/1783
Peshwa Raghobadada, who ruled upto Atak, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1847 | Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established. |
| 4/8/1973 | India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 10/22/1937 | Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts. |
| 2/28/2000 | The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"". |
| 4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
| 1/19/1932 | Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow. |
| 11/8/1831 | Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born. |
| 3/11/1824 | US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair. |
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