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Historical Event on 11/12/1959
Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/27/1952 | Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi. |
| 2/3/1912 | Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born. |
| 8/10/1755 | Narayanrao Peshwa was born. |
| 1/5/1968 | Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal. |
| 5/5/1903 | Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 1/6/1992 | Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 3/15/1941 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 5/28/1998 | India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action. |
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