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Historical Event on 12/12/1959

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1916M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born.
3/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
12/21/1999Kushabhau Thakre, BJP president, said that Ayodhya issue was a 'programme' and not an ideology of the party.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
9/20/1911Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Auvalkhera, Agra.
12/1/1900Chidambaranar Thiru Thamizaringar, great author, journalist and homeopath, was born at Sirukadambur, Tamil Nadu.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.