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Historical Event on 12/12/1964
HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1996 | BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997. |
| 5/12/1955 | The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum. |
| 7/5/2000 | Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore. |
| 9/4/1880 | Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 10/1/1997 | Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992. |
| 9/10/1918 | Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 6/30/1817 | Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 9/27/1972 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
| 11/30/1999 | The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term. |
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