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Historical Event on 12/11/1780
Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 4/26/1762 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur. |
| 12/5/1959 | K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away. |
| 12/17/1961 | Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night. |
| 11/23/1926 | Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born. |
| 2/20/1997 | RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks. |
| 5/8/1962 | Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal. |
| 10/21/1990 | Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays. |
| 12/4/1997 | World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State. |
| 9/14/1965 | Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports. |
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