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Historical Event on 6/12/1960

783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1932Poona Pact' was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. This historical agreement allowed increased representation for untouchables. Also, Gandhi ended his fast.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
2/26/1901The notes of Rs twenty denomination were issued with two issuing circles. These notes had four numeric denominations.
6/25/1998Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities.
2/6/1932Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away.
1/8/1895Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar, freedom fighter, pioneer of the labour movement in India and President of All India Trade Union Congress, was born at Rui village, district Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
11/24/1963Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma