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Historical Event on 7/12/1823
First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/8/1893 | Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore. |
| 9/11/1893 | Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago. |
| 8/27/1604 | Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
| 10/11/1968 | Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee) |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 2/24/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi released from jail. |
| 5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
| 11/29/1989 | Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India. |
| 10/14/1940 | Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India. |
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