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Historical Event on 11/12/1996

Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.
3/23/1757Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
9/5/1967Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
3/23/1931Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution).
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.