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Historical Event on 3/12/1996

Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
5/14/1992LTTE banned in India.
4/1/1839Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .
12/27/1797Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
6/17/1917Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
9/10/1920Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.