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Historical Event on 7/12/1996
Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1967 | Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar. |
| 10/4/1999 | Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order. |
| 11/10/1909 | Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke. |
| 4/1/1998 | Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000. |
| 1/17/1981 | Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram. |
| 1/18/1950 | India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries. |
| 2/24/1867 | Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born. |
| 1/8/1925 | The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow. |
| 7/28/1972 | India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir. |
| 1/7/1994 | The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year. |
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