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Historical Event on 8/12/1952

Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1774British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune.
6/21/1991P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament.
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
6/12/1975Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
5/12/1930R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.