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Historical Event on 2/12/1946
14 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1993 | Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died. |
| 9/12/1993 | Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 1/20/1949 | Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra. |
| 2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
| 1/31/1948 | Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder. |
| 7/20/1969 | M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India. |
| 3/16/1832 | Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 9/9/1947 | Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs. |
| 2/17/1670 | Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost. |
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