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Historical Event on 4/12/1997

Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/12/1997Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
10/29/1851British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
10/23/1999V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case.