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Historical Event on 2/12/1949
Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1913 | Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government. |
| 3/14/1999 | Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta. |
| 12/10/1923 | Madhav Gururao Kulkarni, great author and educationist, was born in Rani Bennur, Dharwar. |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 4/6/1664 | Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 9/1/1995 | Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/5/1882 | Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music. |
| 7/4/1989 | Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State. |
| 9/30/1996 | Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. |
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