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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
10/5/1878First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.
3/9/1996Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.
11/30/1920N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
10/12/1911Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
2/12/1960Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
9/25/2000A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
10/20/1919Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.