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Historical Event on 2/12/2000

Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
1/28/1961Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
1/17/1922T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
12/4/1999A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.