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Historical Event on 11/12/2000

Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
11/16/1983Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.
7/17/1947Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
1/21/1993Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
9/24/1947Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
1/14/1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).