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Historical Event on 12/12/1965

Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
1/1/1664Shivaji marched towards Surat.
6/17/1950Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
11/17/1999India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'.
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.
2/6/1939Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away.
2/6/1939Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .