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Historical Event on 7/12/1864

Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
11/27/1994Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
4/13/1889Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
6/23/1757The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.