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Historical Event on 9/12/1995

Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1665Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.
8/27/1870Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
4/30/1909Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, great saint, patriot and social worker, was born at Yawali, district Amravati.
5/21/1991Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.
3/3/1999Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar.
3/4/1990V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.