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Historical Event on 12/11/1988

Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
4/27/1705Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.
7/1/1929Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.).
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
4/15/1994India signed `GAT' agreement.
9/6/1961D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
12/3/1790Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta.
3/17/1989Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra.