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Historical Event on 2/12/2000

17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1970Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
4/16/1853The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
1/6/1983Indian National Congress lost for the first time in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State Assembly Elections.
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
9/15/1993Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.