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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 |
| 5/2/1926 | Hindu women gain right to seek elected office. |
| 2/12/1890 | Shastri A. R. Krishna was born. |
| 5/17/1980 | V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs. |
| 10/30/1996 | Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay. |
| 1/23/1977 | Janata Party was formed. Congress Sangathan, Jansangh, Bhartiya Lokdal and Samajwadi Party decided to merge and create Janata Party. |
| 8/9/1965 | Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori). |
| 7/8/1958 | Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857. |
| 10/10/1756 | Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels. |
| 4/13/1851 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan. |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
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