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Historical Event on 4/12/1991

Lok Sabha elections announced for May 20, 23, 26; Punjab Assam, J&K polls deferred.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1933Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment.
3/1/1910The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling.
3/1/1901Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
2/3/1912Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born.
5/21/1927Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.