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Historical Event on 4/12/1752

Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
12/9/1989Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
3/7/1974T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
1/10/1979Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut.
4/2/1933Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.
6/29/1757Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
7/24/1994Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.