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Historical Event on 9/12/1990

Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1920Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave.
4/29/1948Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away.
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
12/10/1978Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
3/5/1905Shushila Didi, great freedom fighter, was born at Datton Chuhad village, Punjab. She is remembered for her association in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
9/11/2000A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).