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Historical Event on 11/12/1762

Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1913Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.
6/19/1949People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
1/5/1671Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.
1/25/1999Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
8/28/1667Sardar Jay Singh I, the famous king- Mirza Raja, a ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur) also in Aurangzeb's kingdom, passed away at Barhanpur.
9/15/1861Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family.