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Historical Event on 9/12/1899
Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1922 | Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 1/5/1952 | U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi. |
| 3/24/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India. |
| 3/12/1988 | Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away. |
| 8/4/1993 | Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died. |
| 5/19/1975 | Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune. |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
| 5/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away. |
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