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Historical Event on 2/12/1990
The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/12/1973 | Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died. |
| 3/27/1999 | World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo. |
| 6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 10/25/1964 | First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'. |
| 1/6/1932 | Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born. |
| 3/1/2000 | P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament. |
| 10/21/1906 | Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary. |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 12/28/1907 | Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva). |
| 9/27/1873 | Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat. |
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