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Historical Event on 2/12/1987

Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
8/25/1998Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
6/30/1984W. R. Dhavle, editor, died.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
5/21/1923Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.