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Events for February 12

12-February-1742	Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born.
12-February-1794	Alijabahadar Mahadaji Shinde passed away.
12-February-1824	Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Moorvi. (12/2 or 2/9).
12-February-1871	Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K.
12-February-1882	Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born.
12-February-1890	Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.
12-February-1922	Mahatma Gandhi announce the withdrawal of non-cooperation movement.
12-February-1928	Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
12-February-1928	Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
12-February-1932	Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.
12-February-1946	14 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
12-February-1949	Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978).
12-February-1960	Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
12-February-1985	Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.
12-February-1987	Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
12-February-1990	The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
12-February-1990	Assembly election in Manipur.
12-February-1993	Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket.
12-February-1993	The baggage rules relaxed further.
12-February-1995	Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala.
12-February-1995	The 3-phase-budget session begins with the address of President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
12-February-1996	Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
12-February-1996	President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.
12-February-1997	Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time.
12-February-1997	Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.
12-February-1998	Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai.
12-February-1999	The Centre dismisses the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar and imposes President's rule.
12-February-2000	Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
12-February-2000	Charles Schultz (77), the creator of the immensely popular ""Peanuts'' comic strip featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy, dies of colon cancer at his home in San Francisc
12-February-2000	17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly.