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Historical Event on 2/12/1987
Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1942 | Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died. |
| 4/21/1992 | UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi. |
| 8/18/1958 | Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died. |
| 3/16/1901 | Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 3/29/1999 | A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured. |
| 12/9/1946 | The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
| 9/14/1992 | The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered. |
| 2/2/1949 | Press Trust of India' was established. |
| 11/1/1927 | Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born. |
| 10/4/1953 | India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council. |
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