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Historical Event on 1/12/1948

Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
5/9/1907Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
10/20/1919Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.