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Historical Event on 2/12/1890

Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/12/1873Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala.
6/6/1947Gandhiji writes to Mountbatten, with Pakistan conceded, to persuade Jinnah to amicable settle all outstanding points with Congress.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
2/11/1979Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
1/17/1888Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/12/200017 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly.
9/24/1873Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.