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Historical Event on 3/12/1917
Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1845 | Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay. |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
| 7/13/1950 | Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea. |
| 4/15/1962 | S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964. |
| 1/29/1939 | Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President. |
| 2/6/1959 | Ann Chandy was appointed the first Woman judge of Kerala High Court. In 1937, she became the 'munsif'. |
| 4/23/1992 | Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70. |
| 10/17/1997 | SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository. |
| 2/24/1961 | Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu. |
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