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Historical Event on 1/12/1918
C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1799 | Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799). |
| 2/25/1970 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away. |
| 12/29/1904 | K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage. |
| 10/2/1950 | Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/1/1941 | Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972). |
| 6/28/1975 | Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions. |
| 9/27/1908 | Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born. |
| 4/15/1927 | Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, was born. |
| 10/28/1997 | Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination. |
| 5/31/1997 | Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore. |
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