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Historical Event on 12/4/1910
Amar Singh Ladha Nakum, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties), was born at Rajkot.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1992 | M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed. |
| 12/25/1964 | Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras. |
| 2/1/1971 | Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 5/28/1998 | India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 7/20/1636 | John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. |
| 10/30/1991 | Norberto Carvalho, vetern freedom fighter of Goa freedom fight, passed away. |
| 7/28/1997 | 12 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana. |
| 8/25/1998 | Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe. |
| 11/14/1967 | Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore. |
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