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Historical Event on 1/12/1901

Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
3/29/1990Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
5/23/1996In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls.
9/9/1997Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
12/11/1876Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harishchandra Desai, famous architect, was born.
3/28/1978Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
4/1/1992ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.