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Historical Event on 10/12/1921

Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1920Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras.
7/20/1982Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
12/31/1941Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras.
11/9/1710Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized.
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
4/6/1978Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.