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Historical Event on 1/12/1996

Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
12/14/1953Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born.
4/19/1981Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister, inaugurated `Maharashtra Vidhanbhavan'.
7/11/1980Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
5/16/1926Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.
1/23/1897Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.
11/7/1995India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).
7/7/1999The Indian Army recaptures Jubar height in the Batalik sector.