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Historical Event on 3/12/1972

Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1981India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
11/3/1986Dr. Indrachandra Shastri, versatile in Sanskrit and Pali, died.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
11/30/1986Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab.
8/25/1959Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.