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Historical Event on 6/12/1970

Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1974First NCC Airforce Squadran (Women) was established at Vanasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
4/16/1848Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
3/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
6/8/1997Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.
3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
2/14/1999Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.