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Historical Event on 12/10/1878
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
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| 4/22/1840 | James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away. |
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| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
| 5/25/1886 | Rash Behari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Palara Bighati village, West Bengal. |
| 4/10/1937 | Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away. |
| 8/18/1985 | Assam Assembly dissolved (18). |
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| 3/31/1986 | Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam. |
| 4/8/1835 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 8/19/1907 | Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born. |
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