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Historical Event on 6/12/1997
Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1996 | Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |
| 3/21/1973 | Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away. |
| 9/28/1964 | The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border. |
| 6/7/1998 | India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars. |
| 5/31/1928 | Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975). |
| 5/15/1878 | Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. |
| 6/3/1901 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam. |
| 4/29/1882 | Raja Ali Sayyed, leader of Muslim League, was born. |
| 5/28/1964 | A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader. |
| 6/6/1996 | Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India. |
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