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Historical Event on 12/11/1843

Robert Koch, famous French scientist, was born in Clausthal village, Germany.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
6/22/1993The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides.
7/16/1996Supreme Court says dowry demand even during marriage talks is an offence.
7/13/1995Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away.
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.
3/5/1989Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.