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Historical Event on 1/12/1946
De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/18/1943 | British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 2/18/2000 | Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music. |
| 12/17/1998 | P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 3/27/1990 | A 10-member Progressive Democratic Front Ministry led by Churchill Alemao sworn in Goa. |
| 11/3/1992 | Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away. |
| 12/15/1950 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 2/23/1908 | Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born. |
| 6/17/1976 | Montreal Olympics opens. |
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