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Historical Event on 7/12/1996

Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/1999Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
10/20/1992Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire.
5/17/1957Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
10/3/1994Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.
1/7/1987Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.