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Historical Event on 6/12/1997

Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1967Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
5/10/1982Karnataka Kranti Ranga led by Devaraj Urs comes into being.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
6/1/1993Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated.
1/5/1893Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.