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Historical Event on 1/12/1966

Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
1/27/1994Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
11/7/1912Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore.
1/28/1895Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born.
6/24/1908Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born.
11/5/1951Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup.
6/11/1976Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.
10/30/1977One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India.
11/18/19371,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year.