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Historical Event on 12/1/1991

Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
12/21/1929Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore.
7/22/1998India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
6/19/2000Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana.