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Historical Event on 2/12/1990
The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/19/1877 | Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 1/23/1976 | Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation. |
| 9/10/1623 | Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him. |
| 4/27/1748 | Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor, passed away and was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah. |
| 1/24/1966 | Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board. |
| 5/19/1796 | Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds. |
| 10/11/1923 | Harish Chandra was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 1/5/1869 | Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born. |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
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