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Historical Event on 12/12/1905
Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/15/1991 | General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won. |
| 9/14/1910 | Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 1/19/1977 | World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'. |
| 5/8/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998. |
| 7/26/1991 | Tamil Nadu and Karnataka observe bandh over Cauvery water issue. |
| 7/23/1918 | Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1/29/1977 | Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978. |
| 7/22/1944 | Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P. |
| 8/5/1986 | Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own. |
| 12/3/1970 | Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar. |
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