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Historical Event on 2/12/1824

Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Jeevapar Tankara, Kathiawad near Morbi.

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7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
12/9/1942Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China.
4/14/1963Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
2/23/1996North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated.
12/15/1980Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada.