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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
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
7/16/1969Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
2/1/1894Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
5/1/1886May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours.
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.
3/19/1936Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born.