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Historical Event on 2/12/1998
Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 12/1/1960 | Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964. |
| 2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 12/11/1996 | T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner. |
| 1/19/1948 | India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
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