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Historical Event on 12/7/1993

BJP leaders Advani, Joshi and Kalyan Singh arrested in connection with Ayodhya demolition case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
1/4/1932Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants.
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
4/20/1989R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.
4/20/1989Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
10/10/1954First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.