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Historical Event on 12/3/1991
An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/30/1933 | Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai. |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
| 8/6/1996 | SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department. |
| 4/27/1854 | First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
| 7/15/1980 | Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away. |
| 4/23/1987 | Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956. |
| 9/5/1990 | Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee. |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 10/30/1996 | CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case. |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
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