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Historical Event on 2/12/2000

Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1913Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
9/19/1726Khandoballal died.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
6/14/1886Orphanage for little girls was established.
8/22/1994Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
9/22/1902Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay.
4/23/1992Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.