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Historical Event on 6/12/1996

India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.
7/21/1906W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
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
11/24/1969Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
1/28/1976Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.
7/4/1991Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'.
2/15/1936Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.