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Historical Event on 7/12/1980

Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
11/1/1966Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
11/20/1998Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.