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Historical Event on 12/12/1964
Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain. |
| 2/18/1944 | Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Institute' established. |
| 6/1/1992 | S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93). |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 10/16/1968 | Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene. |
| 8/14/1947 | Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951. |
| 9/10/1966 | Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states. |
| 2/1/1931 | Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue. |
| 1/18/1936 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story). |
| 4/21/1720 | Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath passed away and was succeeded by his son Peshwa Baji Rao I. He was a great soldier and General. |
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