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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 |
| 2/19/1891 | Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper. |
| 8/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million. |
| 9/3/1994 | The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC. |
| 1/3/1931 | Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born. |
| 4/29/1948 | Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away. |
| 7/25/1987 | Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President. |
| 4/30/1863 | Naval Force East India Comapny was merged with the British Naval Fleet. |
| 4/18/1898 | Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials. |
| 12/17/1972 | New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan. |
| 10/21/1995 | Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil. |
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