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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
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
4/7/1986Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
11/2/1994Three British hostages freed in Saharanpur, UP, after a fierce encounter.
12/8/1879Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
1/8/1956Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of 'Maharashtra Drama Group' (Maharashtra Natak Mandali), died.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.