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Historical Event on 6/12/1999

Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
10/6/1858Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died.
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
3/12/1954Indian National Academy of Letters ""Sahitya Academy"" inaugurated by Dr. Radhakrishnan.
11/19/2000The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress.
3/9/1993AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.