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Historical Event on 12/11/1908
New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1992 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. |
| 1/14/1758 | Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them. |
| 5/13/1967 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President. |
| 1/21/1882 | Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 2/7/1975 | Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away. |
| 7/18/1908 | Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay. |
| 8/5/1939 | In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay. |
| 11/3/1966 | Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000. |
| 12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
| 1/14/1905 | Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born. |
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