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Historical Event on 12/11/1994
H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader, assumes office as CM of Karnataka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1985 | Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away. |
| 3/15/1901 | Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games. |
| 12/1/1992 | 17 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya. |
| 6/3/1929 | Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born. |
| 5/25/1917 | Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943. |
| 3/30/1997 | Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government. |
| 3/30/1997 | Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara. |
| 7/18/1946 | U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth. |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 5/1/1994 | Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established. |
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