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December

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1851 The first freight train in our country ran from Roorkee to Piran.
1953 Sharada Devi, the wife of Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and spiritual companion was born.
1887 Mathematician Srinivasan Ramanujam was born.
1940  Manvendra Nath Rai announced the establishment of the Radical Democratic Party.
2011 The well-known nuclear physicist P.K. Iyengar died.
1843 Rabindranath Tagore's father Devendranath Tagore joined the Brahmo Samaj.
1966 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi was established by the Indian Parliament under the 'JNU Act'.
2006 India and Pakistan set up a joint task force for mutual cooperation in the field of local bodies.