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Historical Event on 12/11/1967
6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/22/1994 | Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away. |
5/2/1954 | Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism. |
8/11/2000 | Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset. |
9/4/1998 | Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing. |
3/31/1986 | Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam. |
5/31/1818 | Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore. |
1/2/1878 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and first president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, was born at Perunna village, Kerala State. |
1/9/1994 | Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul. |
3/21/1966 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service. |
11/6/1996 | India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai. |
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