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Historical Event on 12/12/1955

The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/200055 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
4/23/1751Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born.
7/16/1969Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet.
1/1/1914Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
6/18/1974Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.