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Historical Event on 2/12/1998

Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1917Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.