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Historical Event on 4/12/1983
Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1999 | V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. |
| 3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
| 1/31/1997 | INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned. |
| 12/25/1924 | Atal Krishna Behari Bajpayee, Prime Minister of India and a veteran journalist, was born at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 8/25/1965 | Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi. |
| 3/31/1935 | 374 infants wed at a mass ceremony. |
| 6/4/1912 | Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala. |
| 10/17/1999 | Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok. |
| 1/1/1992 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Space Year"". |
| 2/18/1988 | Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away. |
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