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Historical Event on 12/11/1998
Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 5/26/1998 | Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation. |
| 5/26/1998 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 9/22/1994 | G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died. |
| 12/7/1993 | BJP leaders Advani, Joshi and Kalyan Singh arrested in connection with Ayodhya demolition case. |
| 3/12/1612 | Usman Khan Lohani, son of Isa Khan, was defeated in the battle of Nekujyal. He died as the last independent ruler of Bengal. |
| 7/12/1996 | Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys. |
| 5/22/1927 | M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
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