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Historical Event on 3/12/1967

Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1993The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.
6/4/1993Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
7/4/1922Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
6/17/2000Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
10/9/1992Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.