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Historical Event on 7/12/1980

Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1974Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
7/8/1918Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
9/25/1990L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra.
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.