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Historical Event on 3/12/1972
Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/21/2000 | Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago. |
| 6/27/1906 | Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'. |
| 4/18/1966 | Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great Physical Training and Yoga expert, passed away. |
| 1/31/1949 | Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay. |
| 10/1/1978 | In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females. |
| 12/6/1962 | India closes its consulates in Communist China. |
| 4/12/1987 | V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place. |
| 12/28/1931 | The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him. |
| 6/28/1921 | Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 7/5/1901 | B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931). |
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