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Historical Event on 2/12/2000
Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/17/1948 | Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles). |
| 5/28/1883 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik. |
| 1/24/1997 | Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary. |
| 5/26/2000 | In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India. |
| 8/18/1920 | Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding. |
| 2/7/1975 | Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away. |
| 12/15/1908 | Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala. |
| 5/12/1992 | Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks. |
| 12/15/1912 | Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born. |
| 12/15/1912 | Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years. |
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