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Historical Event on 11/12/1896

Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, explorer, ecologist, teacher, writer and bird watcher, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1998Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.
3/2/1996Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
10/29/1996Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.