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Historical Event on 12/11/1938

Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1993The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns.
1/15/1921Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
10/24/1933Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
2/25/1993BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.
10/22/1912Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits.
7/6/1837Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.