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Historical Event on 6/12/1997

Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.
2/1/1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.
5/25/1924Ashutosh Mukerjee, famous educationalist, passed away in Dumraon at Bihar .
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
2/16/1896Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.
12/29/1927Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.
9/9/1981Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.