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Historical Event on 7/12/1970
Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/2000 | The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent. |
| 4/9/1993 | Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief. |
| 10/12/1999 | Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP. |
| 1/27/1967 | Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation. |
| 3/1/1990 | JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM. |
| 7/12/1909 | Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 7/12/1909 | Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort. |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991). |
| 7/12/1994 | Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away. |
| 10/24/1995 | A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
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