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Historical Event on 12/9/1873

Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
11/30/2000Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
7/4/1995Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
3/15/1998Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.
10/1/1995Aditya Birla, famous industrialist, died.
7/24/1999Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.