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Historical Event on 12/4/1940

Khurshid Novrojee, freedom fighter, was arrested for not giving prior intimation to go in tribal area. She had founded Gujarat, Kathiwad and Bombay Presidency ""Women Voluntary Amry"".

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11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.
4/14/1948Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.
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1/18/1980Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
4/29/1954India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
9/26/1923Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.