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Historical Event on 10/12/1921

Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
4/29/1909Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
1/12/1934Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.