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Historical Event on 9/12/1990
Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1789 | British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three. |
| 2/22/1947 | Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi. |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 2/10/1927 | Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born. |
| 8/27/1978 | Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland. |
| 12/10/1979 | Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize. |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 2/1/1831 | The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta. |
| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
| 2/14/1901 | Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born. |
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