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Historical Event on 11/12/1996

Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1996Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
4/15/1946Triumphant over flesh and pain they passed away our day of peace to Cain. The original memorial was erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
10/5/1890Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
2/9/1993Congress (I), AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu breaks over Hindi imposition.
4/13/1971Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
3/4/1990Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM.
8/7/1941Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc.