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Historical Event on 12/12/1989
Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1958 | Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave. |
| 3/1/1640 | Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras. |
| 4/24/1980 | Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief. |
| 4/24/1980 | Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312. |
| 5/5/2000 | Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'. |
| 3/17/1994 | Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants. |
| 10/1/1932 | Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years. |
| 3/3/1847 | Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| 6/23/1920 | Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born. |
| 10/6/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title. |
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