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Historical Event on 10/12/1990

Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1984Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete.
1/12/1953Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
10/29/1947Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.
9/25/1997BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
8/15/1947Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as 'Awards for Gallantry'.
9/12/1931Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir.
4/13/1972Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.