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Historical Event on 12/12/1955
The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 5/25/1979 | Commercial Unity Day started. |
| 2/19/1978 | Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"". |
| 8/15/1990 | Uttar Maharashtra University was established. |
| 6/7/1631 | Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her. |
| 2/10/1902 | Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.). |
| 12/8/1942 | Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. |
| 8/16/1901 | Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born. |
| 11/24/1926 | Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'. |
| 5/3/1765 | Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta. |
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