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Historical Event on 12/12/1959

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.
12/4/1888Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, was born.
8/6/1997Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
4/18/1916Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away.
4/18/1916King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile.
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.