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Historical Event on 2/12/1928
Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1970 | Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore. |
| 10/1/1967 | Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established. |
| 2/16/1982 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away. |
| 7/9/1996 | A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial. |
| 4/20/1989 | Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails. |
| 3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
| 11/1/1949 | Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India. |
| 8/15/1968 | Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published. |
| 7/2/1999 | Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict. |
| 8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
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