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Historical Event on 6/12/1960

783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
9/16/1916D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
12/14/1990President's Rule imposed on Goa. Caretaker CM Dr. Barbosa disqualified from the membership of Assembly for defection from Congress (I) nine months ago.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
12/3/1948Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born.
4/28/1701John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.