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Historical Event on 2/12/1996

President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
1/18/1971Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
1/14/1998The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
11/7/1995India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
6/6/1981The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.