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Historical Event on 7/12/1980
Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/14/1996 | President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation. |
| 10/15/1866 | Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born. |
| 3/9/1902 | Edward Durell Stone, US architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), was born. |
| 11/18/1988 | Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit. |
| 5/31/1987 | Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India. |
| 10/9/1976 | International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 8/12/1996 | Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case. |
| 8/25/1969 | Vivek Upendra Krishna Razdan, cricket pace bowler (Indian Test 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
| 8/19/1992 | K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India. |
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