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Historical Event on 1/12/1993

Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
6/16/1920Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born.
1/14/1994C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
6/1/1996Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.
8/10/1994President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept.