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Historical Event on 4/12/1991

Lok Sabha elections announced for May 20, 23, 26; Punjab Assam, J&K polls deferred.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1995Rishang Keishing (Cong-I) sworn in as the 15th CM of Manipur.
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
7/7/1995Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court.
6/25/1998Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.
3/17/1991The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
11/18/1839P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur.