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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
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
8/20/1995India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.
10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
4/1/1989UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.
11/3/1999Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
11/29/1959Govind Sakharam Serdesai, Jagirdar Raobahadur, passed away.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.