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Historical Event on 11/12/1959

Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.

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1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
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7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
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9/20/1933Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.