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Historical Event on 1/12/1993

Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
10/25/1964First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.
2/14/1996Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.
3/27/1997Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
11/18/1999Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
12/15/1965Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established.
5/1/1992Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.
12/27/1985The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. .