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Historical Event on 1/12/1993
Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 3/22/1969 | The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated. |
| 10/12/1952 | Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 10/28/1984 | Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra. |
| 1/19/1932 | Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow. |
| 6/13/1973 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away. |
| 3/16/1946 | India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'. |
| 6/27/1922 | Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born. |
| 4/5/1989 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
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