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Historical Event on 12/12/1959
Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/1/1985 | Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning. |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 3/21/1997 | Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts. |
| 3/25/1994 | Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years. |
| 5/13/1952 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry. |
| 11/30/1994 | Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died. |
| 6/23/1761 | Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June. |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 12/1/1921 | Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab. |
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