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Historical Event on 05/12/1459
Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/1/1991 | J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary. |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991). |
| 3/29/1914 | Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh. |
| 6/16/1946 | Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London. |
| 1/1/1981 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"". |
| 1/1/1981 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 3/1/1905 | Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born. |
| 5/23/1931 | Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born. |
| 10/9/2000 | The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it. |
| 3/28/1916 | Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
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