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Historical Event on 12/12/1999
No transparency in judicial appointments, says Justice Kuldip Singh, retired judge of the Supreme Court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/14/1920 | Akali Dal established. |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 2/10/1992 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers. |
| 3/3/1885 | Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt). |
| 8/6/1965 | Indian troops invade Pakistan. |
| 6/9/1991 | A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled. |
| 1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
| 9/11/1987 | Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away. |
| 7/4/2000 | The trial of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case begins. |
| 8/18/1923 | Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
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