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Historical Event on 12/12/1965
Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1993 | Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed. |
| 7/31/1940 | Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London. |
| 2/18/1975 | Yogesh Shyam, soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 10/17/1999 | Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla. |
| 12/4/1940 | Khurshid Novrojee, freedom fighter, was arrested for not giving prior intimation to go in tribal area. She had founded Gujarat, Kathiwad and Bombay Presidency ""Women Voluntary Amry"". |
| 12/13/1991 | Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India. |
| 2/9/1992 | Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded. |
| 11/19/1993 | Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development awarded to Czech President Vaclav Havel. |
| 5/18/1995 | Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act. |
| 1/19/1919 | Dharam Singh, field hockey player for Indian Team at Olympics-1964-Gold Winner, was born. |
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