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Historical Event on 12/12/1959
Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1900 | Chidambaranar Thiru Thamizaringar, great author, journalist and homeopath, was born at Sirukadambur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/1/1989 | Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away. |
| 4/8/1997 | Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case. |
| 5/28/1972 | Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77. |
| 2/3/1900 | Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 7/16/1936 | Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore. |
| 3/5/1993 | The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment. |
| 12/30/1971 | Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died. |
| 4/1/1957 | Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa. |
| 11/1/1967 | Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory. |
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