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Historical Event on 12/6/1952
First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/18/1926 | Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
5/27/1990 | Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election. |
9/24/1936 | It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity. |
8/29/1997 | B.M. Sumavathi creats national record in heptathlon in the Federation Cup athletics. |
5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
3/1/1990 | JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM. |
9/24/1998 | In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999. |
1/6/1818 | Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection. |
2/4/1948 | Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
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