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Historical Event on 9/12/1998
India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1932 | A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence. |
| 12/15/1974 | Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died. |
| 7/20/1924 | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha. |
| 9/7/1968 | Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
| 12/16/1971 | Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan. |
| 3/8/1941 | Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away. |
| 11/12/1885 | Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born. |
| 4/1/1878 | Calcutta Museum was opened for general public. |
| 12/5/1999 | India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World. |
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