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Historical Event on 7/12/1949
Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1888 | Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 1/6/1972 | America declared Naval Drill in the Indian Ocean. |
| 8/20/1991 | Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras. |
| 4/30/1870 | Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter. |
| 4/3/1984 | Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7. |
| 7/21/1993 | Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 2/11/1979 | Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away. |
| 12/20/1956 | Saint Gadgebaba died. |
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