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Historical Event on 2/12/1996
Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
| 4/27/1996 | General Election (11th) of India begins. |
| 10/30/1933 | Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai. |
| 9/14/1992 | The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered. |
| 5/27/2000 | In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel. |
| 3/28/1917 | Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa. |
| 8/11/1993 | Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died. |
| 2/12/1890 | Shastri A. R. Krishna was born. |
| 5/27/1964 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74. |
| 6/4/1997 | Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service. |
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