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Historical Event on 6/12/1997

Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1995305 killed and 345 injured in collision between Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at Murlinagar near Firozabad (UP).
10/2/1972Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
10/1/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
11/5/1870Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta.
4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
5/1/1913Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.