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Historical Event on 12/6/1897

Lekhraj Kishanchand Mirchandani (Aziz), famous Sindhi poet, essay writer and critic, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1935Dalip Kaur Tiwana, great educationist and writer, was born in Ribbon village, Punjab.
4/5/1990Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill.
8/28/1973India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
11/19/199722 persons killed and 30 injured when car bomb explodes outside film studio in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. The deceased include Eanadu TV crew of six people.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.