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Historical Event on 12/11/1996

T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1970Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/01/1971.
3/21/1791Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
3/27/1996President and Governors of respective states issue notifications for elections to the 11th Lok Sabha and 6 State Assemblies.
9/18/1992Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.
4/11/1999Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
10/26/1937Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born.