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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
10/23/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
5/15/1996The 11th Lok Sabha constituted as Election Commission submits a list of 534 successful candidates to President.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.
5/29/1906Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay.
12/10/1996Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries.