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Historical Event on 1/12/1949
Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
| 10/11/1991 | Meghalaya placed under President's rule. |
| 5/9/1933 | Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances. |
| 4/16/1997 | G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died. |
| 5/22/1996 | 11th Lok Sabha's first session begins. |
| 10/24/2000 | Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case. |
| 2/18/1994 | India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir. |
| 8/3/1900 | Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born. |
| 3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
| 1/22/1971 | Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973. |
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