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Historical Event on 12/9/1873
Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/11/1793 | English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies. |
| 3/1/1930 | Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras. |
| 12/3/1993 | Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila. |
| 1/12/1949 | Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions. |
| 7/2/1999 | In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants. |
| 7/17/1974 | J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly. |
| 3/20/1997 | Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra. |
| 9/9/2000 | Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship. |
| 12/29/1997 | Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics. |
| 6/11/1991 | Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls. |
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