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Historical Event on 1/12/1946
De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/22/1996 | Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt. |
| 4/11/1942 | All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi. |
| 2/20/2000 | India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia. |
| 4/23/1913 | Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born. |
| 11/3/1933 | Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal). |
| 8/15/1949 | Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages. |
| 1/19/1990 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA. |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 9/11/1987 | Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away. |
| 1/21/1945 | Shri Rashbehari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away at Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 60. |
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