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Sunday, November 12, 2023

Today Importance - 12th November

12-November-1762

Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon.

12-November-1781

Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops.

12-November-1880

Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra).

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12-November-1885

Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.

12-November-1896

Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, explorer, ecologist, teacher, writer and bird watcher, was born.

12-November-1929

First Maharastrian Governor Shripad Balwant Tambe was appointed as Governor of Nagpur.

12-November-1930

First 'Round Table Conference' started in London. Only Muslim League party was present in the conference and there were no representative of Congress. 16 Indian Kings, 23 British representatives and other 56 Indians took part in this conference. The Muslim League consisted of Sir Agha Khan, Mohammed Ali Jauhar, Quaid-e-Azam, Sir Mohammed Shafi, Fazl-ul-Haq, Chaudhary Zafarullah and Ghulam Hussain.

12-November-1939

Pratap Chandra Lal arrived at the training establishment at RAF Station, Risalpur. He then rose to the Air Chief Marcharl of Indian Air Force.

12-November-1946

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya died at the age of 85.

12-November-1954

Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras.

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12-November-1958

Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

12-November-1959

Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.

12-November-1969

Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).

12-November-1984

Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.

12-November-1990

Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.

12-November-1996

Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.

12-November-1997

India elected to executive board of UNESCO.

12-November-1999

A 50-member BJP ministry led by Ram Prakash Gupta is sworn in Uttar Pradesh.

12-November-2000

Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.