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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 |
| 2/26/1857 | First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry. |
| 8/13/1784 | East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vishnubuwa Brahamchari, first missionary of Hindu religion, passed away. |
| 11/2/1967 | Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students. |
| 1/19/1995 | Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson. |
| 12/14/1946 | Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi. |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 2/6/1985 | Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
| 8/18/1990 | President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation. |
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