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Historical Event on 12/4/1829
Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1829 | Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi. |
| 6/18/1946 | First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese. |
| 7/6/1837 | Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay. |
| 2/1/1992 | Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away. |
| 11/8/1966 | Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down |
| 6/11/1907 | Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat . |
| 1/1/1664 | Shivaji marched towards Surat. |
| 8/30/1989 | Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead. |
| 11/14/1955 | Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President. |
| 11/9/1871 | Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born. |
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