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Historical Event on 10/12/1961

Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/200018 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.
1/28/1961Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
8/2/1922Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.
6/19/1949People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
12/24/1972Daily newspaper ""Janshakti"" published it's first edition at Jalgaon.