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Historical Event on 4/12/1967

U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1942During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
5/15/1729Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
5/15/1729Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
8/15/1997K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.