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Historical Event on 6/12/1996
India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1976 | Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established. |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 7/3/1908 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers. |
| 7/12/1999 | Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai. |
| 1/17/1925 | Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 4/11/1906 | K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/30/1966 | First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park. |
| 12/6/2000 | The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'. |
| 1/10/1980 | President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government. |
| 9/24/1629 | Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies. |
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