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Historical Event on 7/12/1996

Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1996Narashima Rao, former PM, refused bail in St. Kitts forgery case.
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
10/31/2000Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
12/9/1994Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away.
12/8/2000EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.
3/2/1949Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
5/13/1648Redfort construction was completed
5/22/1992India launches its 'Agni' rocket.