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Historical Event on 2/12/1998
Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/14/1947 | Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage. |
| 12/15/1932 | Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born. |
| 6/20/1911 | Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died. |
| 12/3/1993 | Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila. |
| 1/15/1956 | Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away. |
| 2/22/1958 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government. |
| 6/18/1988 | V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election. |
| 11/7/1907 | Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra. |
| 10/18/1980 | The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
| 6/18/1992 | Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate. |
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