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Historical Event on 12/12/1961

Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
5/29/1906Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay.
12/12/1947Patel's statement in the Parliament, ""Pakistan will get Rs. 750,000,000 from the balance in cash.
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
7/11/1897Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.