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Historical Event on 9/12/1899
Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/27/1996 | 'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully. |
| 2/20/1827 | Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, great social worker and founder of `Satyashodhak Samrajya', was born in Pune. |
| 4/26/1995 | Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne. |
| 2/20/1868 | Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali. |
| 5/18/1995 | Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act. |
| 4/1/1992 | The 79,698 crore Eighth Plan launched. |
| 9/14/1803 | Lord Lake was captured Delhi. |
| 12/10/1979 | Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize. |
| 10/16/1788 | Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi. |
| 3/8/2000 | The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities. |
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