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Historical Event on 4/12/1983
Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1928 | Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born. |
| 6/13/1927 | Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82. |
| 1/10/1975 | India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| 12/31/1995 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998. |
| 7/13/1916 | Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born. |
| 11/30/1982 | World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi. |
| 3/8/2000 | The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities. |
| 6/15/1969 | Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86. |
| 3/31/1994 | The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal. |
| 7/25/1997 | Laloo Yadav resigns as Bihar Chief Minister after CBI-designated court issues an arrest warrant against him in fodder scam case. His wife, Rabri Devi, is sworn in as his successor. She becomes first woman Chief Minister of the State. |
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