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Historical Event on 4/12/1983

Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1992Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune.
7/24/1992Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
9/30/1996Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.
10/2/1972Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started.
10/2/1972Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India.
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
1/24/1980E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala.