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Historical Event on 12/4/1998
Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1894 | Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born. |
| 1/11/1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"". |
| 10/19/1905 | Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London. |
| 9/21/1938 | Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan. |
| 7/18/1980 | Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died. |
| 5/31/1921 | Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born. |
| 4/26/1995 | SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA). |
| 11/1/1930 | S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar. |
| 1/21/1952 | Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru. |
| 5/21/1935 | Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life. |
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