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Historical Event on 6/12/1894

Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.
3/29/1992Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
4/29/1882Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born.
7/27/1986The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats.
2/10/1803Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
7/11/1630Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.