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Historical Event on 12/7/1825

First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
12/11/1991R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died.
1/9/1923Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.
11/22/1928British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
9/26/1931Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
7/11/1979The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
2/2/1788Pitt's Regulatory Act was was introduced to modify the Indian Administration and put further controls on Government of India after the 1784 Bill.