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Historical Event on 10/12/1995

Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
2/11/1977B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
9/10/1911Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.