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Historical Event on 12/11/1996

T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
6/1/1874East India Company was dissolved.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
3/11/1903Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
12/17/1999Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.