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Historical Event on 12/12/1901
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
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| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
| 10/21/1954 | Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1. |
| 5/12/1993 | Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away. |
| 11/22/1773 | Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48. |
| 2/1/1942 | 17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees. |
| 1/29/1976 | Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi. |
| 12/24/1762 | Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi. |
| 10/31/1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died. |
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