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Historical Event on 12/4/1796
Bajirao became the second Peshwa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1963 | Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union. |
| 5/26/2000 | In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India. |
| 8/27/1859 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born. |
| 3/3/1982 | Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died. |
| 1/3/1995 | PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta. |
| 12/20/1967 | Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty. |
| 7/16/1856 | Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage. |
| 3/4/1925 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away. |
| 10/5/1990 | Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990. |
| 3/18/1919 | Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people. |
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