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Historical Event on 12/12/1991
Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/27/1947 | Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege. |
| 8/4/1997 | Maharashtra govt. decides against banning Arun Shourie's book ''Worshipping False Gods'' on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. |
| 9/30/1961 | Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967. |
| 6/6/1922 | Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964. |
| 6/19/1995 | In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House. |
| 10/16/1990 | Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour. |
| 6/4/1902 | Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
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