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Historical Event on 12/11/1996

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
9/3/1915Following the monsoon, a good harvest is expected, except in Gujarat, in northern Rajputana and Punjab where isolated falls were recorded in Delhi.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
1/30/1905Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P.
1/11/1990R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
4/13/1890Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born.
2/8/1959The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.