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Historical Event on 10/12/1995

Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1999George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
2/1/1988The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88).
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
6/6/1924S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
3/28/1990Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.