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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 |
| 12/12/1905 | Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan. |
| 1/6/1989 | Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died. |
| 6/22/1944 | British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam. |
| 3/22/1793 | Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year. |
| 7/16/1992 | Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died. |
| 1/4/1964 | The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed. |
| 9/14/1997 | Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51. |
| 4/17/1997 | Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died. |
| 12/6/1952 | First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed. |
| 9/28/1985 | The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87). |
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