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Historical Event on 2/12/1987

Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
9/8/1972Vijay Singh Chauhan sets record for decathlon by 7378/7306 points at Munich.
7/3/1661Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
1/20/1993Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
3/23/1757Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.