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Historical Event on 4/12/1983

Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1942Galagnath (Vyanktesh Tirko Kulkarni), famous Kannad novelist, passed away.
7/20/1957India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
7/9/1999Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.
12/4/1796Bajirao became the second Peshwa.
5/4/1998India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
10/1/1997Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence