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Historical Event on 12/12/1925

Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
2/19/1911Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
2/14/1807Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
3/16/1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.