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Historical Event on 12/1/1894
Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
| 9/18/1990 | Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 7/29/1891 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta. |
| 2/23/1932 | The N. W. Frontier province is created. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor. |
| 10/5/1932 | Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/31/1977 | Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak. |
| 4/9/1954 | India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues. |
| 6/6/1903 | Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic. |
| 10/19/1979 | T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu). |
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