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Historical Event on 9/12/1971

Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1942Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
1/4/1995IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties.
4/28/1974Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
2/7/1856Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
6/15/1966U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan.