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Historical Event on 3/12/1988

Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1894Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta.
10/10/1964Gurudutt, famous film actor, died
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
6/1/1944Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away.
8/17/1997Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.
12/10/1932The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
4/9/1991Rajendra Mathur, editor of Hindi daily newspaper 'Navbharat Times', passed away.
3/21/1836National Library was established.