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Historical Event on 6/12/1897
Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1971 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away. |
| 4/16/1848 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1/14/1905 | Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born. |
| 3/7/1956 | A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India. |
| 12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
| 7/3/1745 | Ranoji Shinde died. |
| 6/4/1986 | Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away. |
| 1/8/1941 | Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away. |
| 9/27/1972 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
| 11/18/1991 | In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority. |
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