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December

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1844 The first President of the country Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born.
1751 Battle of Arnie in India (Second Carnatic War): A British East India Company-led army under Robert Clive defeats a very large Franco-Indian army under the command of Rana Sahib at Archana.
1796 Baji Rao II was made the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.
1889 The youngest hanged revolutionary, Khudiram Bose, was born in the independence movement.
1915 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh killed 170 people and destroyed many homes.
1971 The Emergency came into force in the country after the war between India and Pakistan started.
1979 Hockey magician Major Dhyanchand Singh died.
2004 India and Pakistan agreed to restore rail connectivity between Munabav and Khokhrapar after 40 years.
2011 Film actor Dev Anand died.
1984 Leaking toxic gas from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal killed at least 3000 people and caused several thousands of physical deformities.
1959 India and Nepal signed the agreement of Gandak Irrigation and Power Project.
1967 India's first rocket (Rohini RH 75) was launched from Thumba.
2008 Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned from his post on the day after the terrorist incident of 23 November in Mumbai.