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Historical Event on 9/12/1990

Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
7/19/1974Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.
12/8/1999Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam.
12/25/1921Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta.
11/1/1902Alwar Iyengar Jaggu, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Chatra Ghosham.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
3/5/1992Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.
4/16/1980Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final.
12/23/1976Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor.