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Historical Event on 1/12/1993

Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1869Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
4/23/1968Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.
9/4/1952India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.
1/12/1990Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.
5/14/1982All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.
12/25/1943Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.
8/20/1995India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
7/17/200055 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.