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Historical Event on 6/12/1972
D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1988 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away. |
| 8/8/1923 | Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India. |
| 12/1/1955 | Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism. |
| 1/22/1990 | The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90). |
| 9/22/1902 | Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 3/27/1966 | Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington. |
| 7/27/1949 | Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir. |
| 10/21/1858 | Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born. |
| 12/4/1977 | Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born. |
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