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Historical Event on 10/12/1935
Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1902 | Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph. |
| 1/26/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962. |
| 9/5/1846 | Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 5/19/1980 | Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away. |
| 11/28/1890 | Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai. |
| 1/7/1994 | Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC. |
| 4/27/1907 | Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers. |
| 4/8/1994 | Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
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