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Historical Event on 12/11/1967

6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1947The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November.
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
3/12/1942British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
1/12/2000The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.