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Historical Event on 9/12/1966

Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
1/7/1883Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
6/13/1943Netaji Subhashchandra Bose started his journey from Germany to Tokyo by a submarine.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
11/19/1999Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
3/3/1906Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
5/25/1924Ashutosh Mukerjee, famous educationalist, passed away in Dumraon at Bihar .