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Historical Event on 7/12/1823

First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
4/26/1920Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.
6/24/1974India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins.
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
10/15/1999Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
7/29/1802Agreement between Gaikwad of Baroda and Britishers about the army.
6/24/1991Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.