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Historical Event on 3/12/1954

Indian National Academy of Letters ""Sahitya Academy"" inaugurated by Dr. Radhakrishnan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
9/29/1990Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years.
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
1/22/1980Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.