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Historical Event on 12/11/1998
Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/30/1908 | Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 3/22/1957 | National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian. |
| 8/22/1919 | Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born. |
| 11/9/1841 | Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born. |
| 4/24/1993 | Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended. |
| 2/10/1979 | Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 2/10/1979 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 3/18/1953 | Backward Classes Commission inaugurated. |
| 7/30/1987 | India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe. |
| 2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
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