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Historical Event on 4/12/1978

After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
12/22/1994Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
6/11/1976Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
9/27/1990Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
11/30/1998Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.
5/5/1989Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away.