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Historical Event on 4/12/1801

Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.
10/17/1999Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
9/16/1977Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay.
3/1/1924Naresh Mehta was born.
1/1/1934Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.
1/1/1978Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.