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Historical Event on 9/12/1966

Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
9/23/1952Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay.
2/21/1672A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin.
2/21/1672Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
1/8/1999Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.
4/14/1659Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
7/31/1912Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
1/9/1922Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.