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Historical Event on 12/7/1989
Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal. |
| 3/22/1902 | Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph. |
| 8/7/1991 | India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota. |
| 1/6/1932 | Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born. |
| 1/18/1950 | India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
| 11/16/1860 | First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa. |
| 11/21/1998 | India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo. |
| 2/28/1928 | C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'. |
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