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Historical Event on 12/12/1971
Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
| 5/21/1998 | India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing. |
| 1/5/1988 | India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind. |
| 1/5/1988 | Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire. |
| 2/9/1874 | Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born. |
| 11/7/1971 | India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery. |
| 1/26/1997 | Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana. |
| 10/11/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely. |
| 8/2/1922 | Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 8/29/1995 | National Sports Day declared. |
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