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Historical Event on 7/12/1947
Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/4/1998 | India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list. |
| 2/23/1908 | Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born. |
| 7/10/1972 | Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India. |
| 1/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
| 4/1/1869 | Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation. |
| 12/16/1867 | Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus. |
| 11/14/1993 | Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP. |
| 11/20/1888 | Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur. |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
| 12/23/1995 | 400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana. |
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