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Historical Event on 12/12/1991

Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1973Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay.
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
5/1/1908Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.
2/19/1994Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
4/29/1924Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born.
7/12/1949Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.