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Historical Event on 1/12/1996
Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/18/1926 | Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P). |
| 10/31/1990 | Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley. |
| 7/8/1985 | Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu. |
| 7/4/1999 | Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army. |
| 2/15/1936 | Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs. |
| 2/7/1856 | Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule. |
| 5/29/1973 | Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994. |
| 9/22/1789 | Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department. |
| 7/11/1994 | Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service. |
| 8/27/1910 | Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia. |
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