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Historical Event on 9/12/1990

Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1979Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
3/25/1928S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born.
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
10/14/1884Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi.
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
1/20/1898Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born.
6/27/1998Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84.