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Historical Event on 7/12/1909

Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
2/22/1994Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
10/31/1999Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award.
10/31/1999Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
5/19/1969Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.
1/19/1839Aden conquered by British East India Company.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.