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Historical Event on 7/12/1960

Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
10/2/1998Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.
1/25/2000The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.
1/10/199324th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi.
5/22/1991Sonia unanimously elected Congress President by the Working Committee. She, however, declined the offer.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
2/2/1967US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India.
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
1/4/1993K. Margabandhu, former UCO Bank chief, was arrested on charges of amassing wealth beyond his means.