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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
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
1/30/1959Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6).
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
4/30/1908Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
12/28/2000India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.