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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 12/6/1732 |
Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK. |
| 12/6/1756 |
British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India. |
| 12/6/1857 |
Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi. |
| 12/6/1892 |
Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai. |
| 12/6/1897 |
Lekhraj Kishanchand Mirchandani (Aziz), famous Sindhi poet, essay writer and critic, was born. |
| 12/6/1907 |
Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station. |
| 12/6/1929 |
British Viceroy meets with Indian leaders to discuss dominion status for India. |
| 12/6/1931 |
Bengal Congress to boycott British goods. |
| 12/6/1946 |
Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 12/6/1946 |
Homeguard Organination was established. |
| 12/6/1952 |
First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed. |
| 12/6/1956 |
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay. |
| 12/6/1962 |
India closes its consulates in Communist China. |
| 12/6/1971 |
US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan. |
| 12/6/1976 |
Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 12/6/1987 |
MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force. |
| 12/6/1990 |
VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully. |
| 12/6/1992 |
300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 12/6/1993 |
Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away. |
| 12/6/1995 |
The Sixth Army Ordnance Corps Reunion and Silver Jubilee of Colour Presentation was celebrated at AOC Centre with pomp and splendour, fun and gaiety and professionalism of high order. The highlights included para-dropping, AOC Kangla Tongbi, Sonet-lumiere sound and light show, Central Parade and Yaadgar Parade. |
| 12/6/1995 |
Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away. |
| 12/6/1997 |
Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala. |
| 12/6/1997 |
Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 12/6/1998 |
13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok. |
| 12/6/2000 |
A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, said, ""The Ayodhya agitation was an 'expression of nationalist feelings' and the ""task has remained unfinished |
| 12/6/2000 |
Bishop Vinod Peter, National Christian Council of India president and church of North India moderator, and Rajasthan CNI Bishop Gerald Andrews die in a car accident near Jodhpur in Rajasthan. |
| 12/6/2000 |
The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously. |
| 12/12/1921 | Gandhi organizes a complete boycott of Prince of Wales's visit to Allahabad. |
| 5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
| 4/23/1959 | Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma. |
| 12/27/1962 | India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir. |
| 2/15/1869 | Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away. |
| 9/12/1899 | T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born. |
| 3/4/1997 | Govt. not to print Re. 1 , Rs. 2 & Rs. 5 currency notes any more, as these three denominations have been coinised. |
| 2/16/1968 | Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. |
| 4/22/1958 | Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff. |
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