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Historical Event on 2/12/1960
Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1984 | Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit. |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 4/26/1990 | V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh. |
| 11/22/1913 | Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born. |
| 3/10/1945 | Madhavrao Scindia, prince of Gwalior and Congress leader, was born. |
| 11/2/1774 | Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India. |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 8/20/1885 | First meeting of the Indian National Congress held. |
| 6/22/1995 | India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration. |
| 11/20/1998 | Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
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