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Historical Event on 2/12/1960
Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1942 | No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers. |
| 12/27/1990 | DMK led Pondicherry ministry, headed by D. Ramachandran, resigns following loss of majority. |
| 1/2/1994 | India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months. |
| 6/19/1966 | Shiv Sena was established. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 11/1/1961 | First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748. |
| 3/16/1910 | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab. |
| 8/5/1992 | Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86. |
| 10/1/1894 | Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta. |
| 8/4/1928 | Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born. |
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