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Historical Event on 6/12/1997
Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/27/1994 | Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir. |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 7/30/1995 | Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council. |
| 1/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 6/30/2000 | The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council adopts a resolution seeking separation from J&K. |
| 2/19/1996 | Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states. |
| 2/26/1966 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet. |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
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