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Historical Event on 6/12/1970

Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1888Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
8/18/1956Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.
1/6/1983Indian National Congress lost for the first time in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State Assembly Elections.
10/19/1997BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.