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Historical Event on 12/11/1963

Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
3/5/1989Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away.
5/1/1913Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
3/28/1998The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.
10/13/1989Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
2/19/1992The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.