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1674, 12th July: The Maratha ruler Shivaji Maharaj signed a treaty of friendship with the East India Company.
1961, 12th July: Panshet and Khadakwasla dam burst. Floods in Pune killed 2,000 people, displaced 100,000.
1982, 12th July: Establishment of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
1985, 12th July: P. N. Bhagwati became the 17th Chief Justice of India.
1998, 12th July: France defeated defending champions Brazil 3-0 to win the 16th FIFA World Cup.
2005, 12th July: International cricket umpire David Shepherd took retirement from international cricket.
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on July 12
100 BC: Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general.
1817: Henry Thoreau, an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.
1854: George Eastman, an American entrepreneur.
1909: Bimal Roy, an Indian film director.
1962: Shiva Rajkumar, an Indian film actor, producer, and television presenter.
1965: Sanjay Manjrekar, an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer.
1997: Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for woman education.
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on July 12
1910: Charles Rolls, co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm.
1999: Rajendra Kumar, an Indian film actor.
2012: Dara Singh, an Indian professional wrestler, actor, and politician.
2013: Pran, an Indian actor.
2013: Amar Bose, an American entrepreneur and academic.
What happened in India on 12 July
12-July-1295
Savtamali, famous saint, attains ‘samadhee’.
12-July-1489
Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi.
12-July-1576
Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death.
12-July-1674
Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
12-July-1823
First Indian Steam Engine Ship “Diana-a-Gunboat”sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.
12-July-1864
Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born.
12-July-1896
Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
12-July-1909
Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born.
12-July-1920
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
12-July-1920
Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore.
12-July-1932
The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
12-July-1947
Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.
12-July-1949
Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
12-July-1949
Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
12-July-1957
Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan.
12-July-1960
Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
12-July-1960
Ranchi University was established.
12-July-1965
Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.
12-July-1970
Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
12-July-1980
Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
12-July-1993
West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
12-July-1994
India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
12-July-1994
Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.
12-July-1996
Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.
12-July-1996
Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President’s Rule in J & K for 6 months.
12-July-1996
Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
12-July-1998
India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.
12-July-1999
India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
12-July-1999
Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai.
12-July-2000
67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.