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Historical Event on 1/12/1901
Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 1/10/1839 | Tea from India first arrives in UK. |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
| 2/3/1983 | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'. |
| 7/23/2000 | Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand. |
| 6/7/1965 | Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 10/6/1935 | Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India. |
| 4/13/1940 | Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born. |
| 12/20/2000 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001. |
| 11/17/1925 | Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born. |
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