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Historical Event on 3/12/1995

Congress party loses India national election.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1993India and South Korea sign agreement to expand trade and investment.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
9/10/1887Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
12/21/1974Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
12/17/1996Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.