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Historical Event on 1/12/1966
Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1875 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar. |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 2/22/1993 | Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours. |
| 8/7/1905 | The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta. |
| 5/1/1922 | Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra. |
| 4/1/1994 | Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa. |
| 5/15/1998 | The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas. |
| 2/10/1979 | Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 11/30/1915 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died. |
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