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Historical Event on 6/12/1996

India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1992Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.
6/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
9/4/1998Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing.
10/24/1868Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born.