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Historical Event on 12/6/1892

Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1903Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
10/4/1972Raman Vijayan, Indian soccer (Football) player, was born in Kandramanikam at Pasumpon, Tamil Nadu.
9/29/1998ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg).
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
3/27/2000After more than two-and-a-half-years, a Delhi court resumes trial in the St. Kitts forgery case following Delhi High Court's order upholding the lower court's verdict on framing of charges.
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
3/13/1963Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.