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Historical Event on 6/12/1997

Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1924Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
10/18/1997Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi.
10/18/1997Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
10/1/1941No. 3 Squadron, similarly Audax-equipped, was raised at Peshawar.
1/25/1932Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born.
4/22/1996National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50.
4/23/2000Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy.
4/23/2000Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.