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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi. |
| 12/9/1658 |
Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India. |
| 12/9/1825 |
Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born. |
| 12/9/1873 |
Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building. |
| 12/9/1942 |
Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China. |
| 12/9/1946 |
The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
| 12/9/1947 |
India's agreement with Pakistan on outstanding issues like assets, liabilities, division of sterling balance and military stores, etc. signed. |
| 12/9/1977 |
Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away. |
| 12/9/1989 |
Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 12/9/1992 |
More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial. |
| 12/9/1993 |
Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 12/9/1994 |
Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away. |
| 12/9/1997 |
Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal. |
| 12/9/1999 |
BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. |
| 12/9/1999 |
Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/29/1998 | Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh. |
| 6/29/1998 | Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi. |
| 9/1/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored. |
| 11/28/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, launches his political outfit 'Janashakti' at a rally in New Delhi. |
| 7/6/1998 | Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president. |
| 1/10/1888 | Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura. |
| 9/9/1997 | Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master. |
| 6/16/1920 | Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born. |
| 2/10/1995 | PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister. |
| 1/18/1932 | Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur. |
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