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Historical Event on 3/12/1911

Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born.

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9/18/1867Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
6/2/1975Devendra Mohan Bose, famous Scientist of Physics, passed away.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.
8/21/1986Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
4/28/1945Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
10/28/1947Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.