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Historical Event on 12/4/1973

Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
1/15/1996Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.
8/28/1993President's rule in J&K extended for another six months.
1/3/1975Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.
9/27/1703More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
1/9/1923Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.
9/10/1911Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.
6/23/1911King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
11/23/1991India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.