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Historical Event on 12/11/1876
Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harishchandra Desai, famous architect, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/27/1907 | Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers. |
| 5/18/1992 | President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing. |
| 11/30/1998 | Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively. |
| 11/30/1998 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
| 1/14/1969 | Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/29/1904 | K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage. |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 3/25/1997 | Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 8/17/1848 | Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born. |
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