Calendar Logo

12 July - India on this day28 events

1932

The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.

#disaster12-July-1932
1998

India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.

#quote12-July-1998
1864

Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born.

#birth12-July-1864
1896

Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.

#birth12-July-1896
1909

Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born.

#birth#cinema12-July-1909
1920

Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore.

#birth12-July-1920
1576

Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death.

#general#death12-July-1576
1674

Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.

#general12-July-1674
1823

First Indian Steam Engine Ship "Diana-a-Gunboat"sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.

#general#transport12-July-1823
1949

Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.

#general#death12-July-1949
1994

India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.

#general12-July-1994
1999

India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.

#general12-July-1999
1920

Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.

#law12-July-1920
1996

Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.

#transport12-July-1996
1947

Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.

#sports12-July-1947
1965

Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.

#sports12-July-1965
1999

Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai.

#cinema#death12-July-1999
1960

Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.

#education12-July-1960
1960

Ranchi University was established.

#education12-July-1960
1489

Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi.

#death12-July-1489
1970

Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.

#death12-July-1970
1993

West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.

#death#politics12-July-1993
1994

Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.

#death12-July-1994
2000

67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.

#death12-July-2000
1949

Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.

#politics12-July-1949
1980

Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.

#politics12-July-1980
1996

Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.

#politics12-July-1996
1996

Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.

#controversy12-July-1996