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Historical Event on 12/12/1925

Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), was born in Surat, Gujarat.

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5/1/1981Sindhudurga district was formed in Maharashtra State.
3/25/1920Sardar Sambhaji Chandrojirao Angre, politician and farmer, was born.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
11/10/1968Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
9/30/1992Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award.
9/11/1967China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border.
11/15/1875Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar.