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Historical Event on 12/12/1905
Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/9/1985 | Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 12/4/1989 | Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 12/11/1845 | First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 6/25/1997 | USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders. |
| 2/22/1873 | Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born. |
| 9/26/1932 | Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans. |
| 3/20/1920 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts. |
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