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Historical Event on 7/12/1949

Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1994Punjab and Haryana High Court orders plastic surgery to remove 'Jebkatri' (pickpocket) tattooed on the forehead of four women by Amritsar Police.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
5/5/1983Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
9/29/1992Andhra CM Janardhana Reddy resigned.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.