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Historical Event on 12/12/1930

Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
7/8/1985Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.
9/15/1927Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born.
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
8/27/1997Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.
5/4/1998India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
9/10/1976An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan.
4/13/1997Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai.
3/11/1948SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam.