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Historical Event on 4/12/1967
U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/2000 | The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz. |
| 3/14/1992 | NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party. |
| 6/6/1924 | S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born. |
| 6/1/1972 | Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS). |
| 5/9/1981 | Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away. |
| 4/1/1957 | Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa. |
| 9/30/1999 | Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature. |
| 1/26/1893 | Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal. |
| 3/2/1994 | Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up. |
| 1/16/1942 | Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress. |
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