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Historical Event on 12/12/1992
Jasu Patel, cricketer, 29 wkts for India and best 9-69 vs Australia, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 12/29/1975 | D.K. Barooah elected Congress President. |
| 5/9/1874 | First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai. |
| 8/5/1950 | Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away. |
| 8/14/1997 | Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence. |
| 2/8/1907 | Madhavravji Golwalkar, sarsanghchalak of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born. |
| 7/1/1999 | K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow. |
| 5/25/1877 | Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers. |
| 5/25/1877 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
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