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Historical Event on 12/12/1996
India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/28/1999 | Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 7/3/1985 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988. |
| 9/1/1956 | Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation. |
| 11/24/1973 | E. V. Ramasami Naicker (EVR), founder leader of Dravida Kazhagam, passed away at the age of 94. |
| 9/23/1911 | Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born. |
| 12/7/2000 | A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam. |
| 1/14/1990 | J&K Governor quits. |
| 1/14/1927 | M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras. |
| 4/4/1998 | G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad. |
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