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Historical Event on 4/12/1799
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| 5/23/1998 | L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs. |
| 5/9/1995 | Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast. |
| 9/26/1931 | Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 3/1/1950 | The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000. |
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