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Historical Event on 2/12/1742

Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
4/11/1937Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
6/9/1994Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70.
6/16/1997P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.