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Historical Event on 12/11/1996

T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
9/29/1994Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
8/18/1907Madam Bhikaji Cama, addressed the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany.
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
5/23/1995TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995.
12/21/1993JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).