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Historical Event on 1/12/1901

Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.

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4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
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2/12/1993The baggage rules relaxed further.
11/3/1948Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly.
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