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Historical Event on 7/12/1980

Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
3/22/1991Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM.
12/16/1999Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
11/22/1872Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
5/19/1982Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also taken refuge at Amarkot.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
5/13/1962Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.