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Historical Event on 12/12/1961

Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
5/12/1930R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born.
6/13/1932Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
7/12/1957Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan.
1/17/1925Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.