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Historical Event on 4/12/1917

Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar.

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10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
1/12/1992India and Russia sign a new political treaty.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.