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Historical Event on 12/11/1996

T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.

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1/26/1995Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
9/9/1872Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
12/6/2000A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, said, ""The Ayodhya agitation was an 'expression of nationalist feelings' and the ""task has remained unfinished
11/5/1929Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.