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Historical Event on 1/12/1993

Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1952New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
5/5/1947Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.
7/12/1920Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
6/1/1945Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established.
12/10/1948Human Rights Day.
10/30/1947The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
5/8/1725John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.