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Historical Event on 12/1/1991

Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
9/7/1998Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77.
7/21/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
3/31/1992Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue.
6/26/1975Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government.
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.
12/8/1879Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore.