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Historical Event on 2/12/2000

17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
9/15/1903Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
4/21/1998The services of 12 non-railway chairmen of Railway Recruitment Boards are terminated.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
7/21/1906W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away.
1/1/1948Orissa High Court was established at Cuttack for Orissa territory.