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Historical Event on 3/12/1917

Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
8/30/1903Bhagwati Charan Varma was born.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
7/18/1947Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947.
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.
3/31/1994Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India.
11/24/1989Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
3/12/1938Vijay Laxman Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17), was born in Amritsar.