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Historical Event on 2/12/1960
Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
8/1/1952 | Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru. |
10/19/1888 | Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem. |
9/21/1862 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born. |
6/25/1975 | President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day. |
1/22/1992 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. |
11/14/1993 | Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP. |
11/16/1921 | Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi. |
1/30/1903 | Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta. |
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