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Historical Event on 3/12/1991

Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.