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Historical Event on 7/12/1970

Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1946Interim Government formed.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
3/1/1919Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.
7/22/1981India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.
10/10/1756Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
8/2/1988The Supreme Court confirmed death sentence on Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi murder case.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
5/19/1796Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
9/22/1970Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died.