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Historical Event on 2/12/1742
Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/30/1986 | Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab. |
| 8/20/1996 | India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England. |
| 10/20/1774 | New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed. |
| 2/20/1863 | Pandit A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous Malyalam poet, grammer expert and Sanskrit expert, was born. |
| 6/24/1908 | Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
| 7/7/1855 | As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army. |
| 5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
| 1/1/1914 | Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal. |
| 9/10/1920 | Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away. |
| 12/19/2000 | The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case. |
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