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Historical Event on 12/12/1964

Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
1/1/1944Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
1/6/1832Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started.
5/22/1991Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
8/3/1993Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha.
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
11/9/1998India rejects Pakistan's bid to internalise the Sir Creek issue at the bilaternal talks in New Delhi.