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Historical Event on 6/12/1976

Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
9/21/1966Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
8/10/1995Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
1/3/1931Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born.
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.