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Historical Event on 9/12/1962

Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1962Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal.
9/3/1987Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
2/18/1988Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
8/18/1995Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.
8/16/1886Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.