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Historical Event on 12/11/1963

Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1910Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
12/26/1985Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country.
1/6/1987Jaidev, famous music director, passed away.
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
7/3/1985Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
3/8/1995Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language, died.
6/6/1907John Morley, U.K. Government State Secretary, declares ""it will not withdraw from India under any circumstances"".