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Historical Event on 7/12/1909
Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/22/1993 | Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan. |
| 10/11/1984 | Khanderao M. Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5.50 for India), died |
| 8/30/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 9/3/1983 | U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million. |
| 5/28/1925 | Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born. |
| 10/1/1990 | Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations. |
| 7/19/1965 | Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 2/11/1935 | Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born. |
| 3/21/1791 | Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis. |
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