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Historical Event on 2/12/2000

17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1991Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
12/3/1989Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM.
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
12/11/1922Dilip Kumar, famous film actor, was born.
2/19/1818Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.