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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
2/12/1995Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala.
12/5/1991The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
7/22/1944Man Mohan Modi Seth , great industrialist, was born at Modinagar, U.P.
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
5/10/1999Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.
5/22/1917Suniti Chaudhary, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Kumilla. She was one of the accused in the famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.
10/11/1962Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives.