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Historical Event on 9/12/1898

Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.

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1/12/1990Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.
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2/13/1991Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
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1/20/1994Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.
2/3/1992Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
2/6/1953Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
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