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Historical Event on 6/12/1972

D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1992RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
1/29/1896Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
5/3/1947Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
8/7/1868Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, was born.
1/18/1994Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.