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Historical Event on 12/12/1901
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
| 12/26/1986 | Consumer Rights Act was passed. |
| 1/9/1854 | Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born. |
| 9/6/1975 | Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines. |
| 7/27/1998 | 7 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 3/5/1851 | Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 1/16/1992 | Prices of steel and iron decontrolled. |
| 2/23/1998 | Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding. |
| 2/21/1992 | Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections. |
| 7/20/1954 | Armistice for Indo-China signed. |
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