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Historical Event on 6/12/1975
Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1990 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA. |
| 9/5/1918 | Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died. |
| 1/17/1933 | Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 3/1/1916 | Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta. |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 10/6/1949 | Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune. |
| 10/5/1864 | Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 1/19/1951 | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away. |
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