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Historical Event on 12/4/1910

Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
6/11/1991Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir.
6/13/1889Salarjung, famous administrator, was born.
6/6/1994The 20-day old Limboo Ministry in Sikkim wins vote of confidence.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
7/13/1930Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India.
5/23/1805Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor.