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Historical Event on 12/12/2000

A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1994Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
12/12/1947Patel's statement in the Parliament, ""Pakistan will get Rs. 750,000,000 from the balance in cash.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
11/13/199924 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India.
3/21/1992India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy.
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
8/5/1975The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament.