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Historical Event on 12/12/1964
HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 12/10/1870 | Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born. |
| 7/29/1891 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta. |
| 5/29/1957 | Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training. |
| 6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 9/21/1948 | Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society. |
| 12/25/1936 | Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 9/29/1992 | Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1) |
| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
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