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Historical Event on 12/9/1946

The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.

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12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
1/30/1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.
9/29/1990Central Government adopt a three-pronged strategy to create additional 30 lakh jobs outside the government sector over the next five years.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
6/24/1869Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born.