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Historical Event on 12/11/1998

Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.
9/12/1899T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.
1/31/1997Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).
12/22/1940Manvendranath Rai established the Radical Democratic Party.
6/11/1976Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.
4/5/1950Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
2/17/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
1/14/1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.