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Historical Event on 12/11/1687
Madras' first presidency chartered with a Mayor s court as a Municipal Corporation.
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| 3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
| 10/1/1997 | Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992. |
| 4/12/1983 | Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars. |
| 11/30/2000 | Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president. |
| 3/15/1983 | Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born. |
| 1/28/1898 | Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India. |
| 1/4/1892 | J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born. |
| 5/12/1937 | George VI is crowned. |
| 3/31/1977 | N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980. |
| 4/24/1996 | BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
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