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Historical Event on 3/12/1972

Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1972Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
12/16/1998The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests.
3/4/1906Hakim Abdul Majid started his medial dispensary under the name of Hamdard Dawakhana at Delhi.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.
3/4/1919Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born.
1/25/1976Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
10/24/1953Selection of the Dassault Ouragan fighter from France at this time reflected the decision to initiate diversification of supply sources. The first four of over 100 Ouragans, or 'Toofanis' as they were to become known in the IAF, reached Palam Airport from France and this type re-equipped Nos.8, 3 and 4 Squadrons in that order.