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Historical Event on 9/12/1786
Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/12/2000 | The Government appointed S. K. Mahajan of Delhi High Court as the chairman of the one-man tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there was sufficient cause for declaring LTTE as unlawful. |
| 4/10/1982 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral). |
| 10/9/1996 | PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14. |
| 5/27/1990 | Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election. |
| 5/29/1906 | Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/21/1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M. |
| 1/20/1817 | Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College. |
| 10/29/2000 | Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi. |
| 1/31/1961 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 10/2/1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
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