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Historical Event on 7/12/1823

First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
12/22/1998The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist.
10/6/2000Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
1/14/1773Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
12/22/1853Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district.