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Historical Event on 4/12/1978
After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1986 | Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha. |
| 2/12/1890 | Shastri A. R. Krishna was born. |
| 8/20/1917 | Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra. |
| 10/16/1942 | Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India. |
| 5/15/1998 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
| 5/9/1981 | Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden. |
| 2/1/1967 | Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away. |
| 12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
| 9/26/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position. |
| 5/12/1955 | The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum. |
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