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Historical Event on 4/12/1967

Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 24/02/1968.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1843Robert Koch, famous French scientist, was born in Clausthal village, Germany.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
1/26/1992Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
6/24/1763Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
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9/30/1999A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).