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Historical Event on 4/12/1801

Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.
5/15/1878Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
1/23/1920Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.
12/23/1992Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras
1/31/1946Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta.
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
1/18/1992Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
9/1/1999Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.