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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
7/24/1999Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
5/25/1996DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry.
2/26/1937Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born.
10/16/1990Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
4/5/1993The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
6/20/1992The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
2/1/1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.