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Historical Event on 1/12/1949
Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/21/1981 | Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96. |
| 9/4/1980 | Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi. |
| 6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 10/11/1894 | Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 11/15/1817 | Battle of Yerwada. |
| 5/11/1995 | In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin. |
| 1/30/1997 | Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam. |
| 8/17/1916 | Amritlal Naagar was born. |
| 10/3/1913 | Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta. |
| 11/17/1947 | Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress. |
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