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Historical Event on 12/9/1658
Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/7/1933 | Gaandhiji commences Harijan-upliftment tour. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
| 12/1/1928 | The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta. |
| 4/1/1889 | Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 12/5/1931 | Gandhiji leaves England for India. |
| 11/2/1984 | Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll. |
| 2/25/1963 | Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi. |
| 7/21/1994 | The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states. |
| 11/1/1927 | Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born. |
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