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Historical Event on 12/12/1965

Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1965Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
6/15/1960Bardwan University was established in West Bengal.
9/6/1995Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.
9/21/1962Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident.
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.