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Historical Event on 4/12/1987

V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
7/9/1755E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War.
3/31/1997Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
4/6/1998Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.
8/17/1848Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.