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Historical Event on 6/12/1897

Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/2000Union Minister of State for Agriculture S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao quits the from Cabinet.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
1/21/1999Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
4/15/1947The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
6/24/1966Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.