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Historical Event on 12/7/2000

A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
3/5/1995India and China agree to open two new border points including Nathu La (Sikkim) to facilitate meetings between their military personnel.
5/15/1817Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
6/12/1976Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
12/4/1959Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation.
4/29/1639Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
6/16/1920Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born.