Today Importance - 12th October
12-October-1860
British-Indian Army leader Sir Henry GW Smith dies at the age of 73.
12-October-1907
Famous businessman and industrialist Durga Prasad Mandela was born.
12-October-1911
Vijay Madhavi Merchant Thackeray, cricketer (greatest Indian batsman of all time), born in Bombay.
12-October-1921
The great journalist Jayant Shridhar Tilak was born in Pune.
12-October-1935
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Shivar Vishwanath Patil was born.
12-October-1946
Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969–78), born in Bombay.
12-October-1952
Hanif Mohammad scored a double century against New Zealand.
12-October-1961
Great politician Suresh Chandra Banerjee passes away.
12-October-1967
The Working Committee of the National Conference, Jammu and Kashmir unanimously passed a resolution to permanently merge the state with India.
12-October-1976
Renowned Indian chemist Kumarnath Bagchi passed away.
12-October-1976
An Indian Airlines Caravelle crashes after taking off from Bombay.
12-October-1990
The Indian government has announced to reduce oil consumption by 15% by giving rebate on LPG and kerosene.
12-October-1991
Sonia Gandhi refused to contest elections from Amethi.
12-October-1993
National Environment Council has been constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
12-October-1993
RBI liberalized credit and monetary policy.
12-October-1993
The first operational sortie into Somalia was undertaken by the brigade commander and his deputy to withdraw from their area of responsibility in and around Baidoa, the permanent location of the bridge.
12-October-1995
Inderjit Gupta was again elected General Secretary of CPI.
12-October-1997
India Seniors won the Challenger Trophy cricket title.
12-October-1997
Leander-Mahesh won their sixth doubles title of the year by winning the Heineken Open ATP Tour Series doubles in Singapore.
12-October-1997
Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by her husband the Duke of Edinburgh Phillips, has arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of India's independence.
12-October-1998
Sushma Swaraj took oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi in place of Shri Saheb Singh Verma.
12-October-1999
Former BJP MP Sachidanand Sakshi has joined SP.
12-October-2000
A special court has tried former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh will be sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. Bribery case of Rs 2-2 lakh against 'JMM MP'
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