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Historical Event on 12/12/1955

The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
12/5/1935Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born.
2/18/1836Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
3/20/1993Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.
3/28/1916Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.