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Historical Event on 6/12/1975

Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.
1/12/1901Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
8/2/1953Baldev Ramji Mirdha ""Kisan Kesari"", great social worker, leader and politician, died in harness while going to address a Kisan Conference. He also played a vital role in formation of Rajasthan.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
2/17/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.
4/18/1914Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding