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Historical Event on 4/12/1997
Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1924 | Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away. |
| 7/19/1969 | Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance. |
| 10/16/1976 | Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting. |
| 2/8/1936 | Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda. |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
| 5/10/1905 | Pankaj Malik, music director, was born. |
| 8/17/1848 | Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born. |
| 8/3/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
| 5/9/1907 | Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal. |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
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