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Historical Event on 9/12/1966
Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/27/1838 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates. |
| 8/19/1976 | Nagarjun Sagar University established in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 3/16/1880 | Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born. |
| 8/5/1978 | Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra. |
| 11/25/1890 | Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born. |
| 12/31/1996 | Gold import policy liberalised. |
| 8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
| 11/20/1947 | Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi. |
| 10/20/1991 | Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died. |
| 6/6/1998 | All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region. |
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