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Historical Event on 6/12/1960
783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/25/1984 | Yashwantrao B. Chavhan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra and former Deputy Prime Minister, passed away. |
| 6/18/1997 | Prakash Padukone launches IBC. |
| 1/26/1965 | Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India. |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
| 3/18/1974 | Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh. |
| 11/9/1948 | Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 11/21/1994 | Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died. |
| 1/25/1995 | India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties. |
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